All These Ashes by James Queally

September 28, 2021

I’ll read almost any crime novel featuring a journalist. A journalist turned PI? I’m in. James Queally’s All These Ashes brings back Russell Avery in the sequel to Line of Sight. While I didn’t read the first one, I’d suggest interested...

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

September 27, 2021

If you read and loved Richard Osman’s debut, The Thursday Murder Club, as I did, you’ll be happy to see The Man Who Died Twice. The follow-up brings back the primary characters from the previous mystery. The story is just as witty, just as intriguing. And,...

Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac

September 26, 2021

Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac is another of the British Library Crime Classics with an introduction by Martin Edwards. After I read and reviewed Checkmate to Murder by Lorac in March, I ordered the rest of her mysteries that are available in the British Library...

Jekyll & Hyde Inc. by Simon R. Green

September 25, 2021

I know Simon R. Green’s Jekyll & Hyde Inc. is not what I normally read. There’s something about Green’s dark humor that sucks me into many of his books. And, as violent and gory as this book is, it’s really about a good man striving to stay...

Winners and a Bestseller Giveaway

September 24, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Michelle H. from Hagerstown, MD won Bait and Witch. One Poison Pie will go to Margie B. from El Dorado Hills, CA. The books are going out in the mail today. Let’s end September on a bestselling note. I have two...