Shot in the Dark by Cleo Coyle

April 17, 2018

The seventeenth Coffehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle, Shot in the Dark, was one of my favorites. It’s timely, and the authors are acutely aware of the relevance of social media in our daily lives. Fortunately, Sandie Herron enjoyed the book, too, because she had...

A Shimmer of Hummingbirds by Steve Burrows

April 16, 2018

It takes a little time to figure out what’s happening in Steve Burrows’ fourth Birder Murder Mystery, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds. I hadn’t read the previous books in the series, so I don’t know the relationships. Burrows won the 2015 Arthur...

Every Note Played by Lisa Genova

April 15, 2018

Lisa Genova is known for her fiction that involves people whose lives are changed by diseases that affect the brain – Alzheimer’s, left neglect brain disorder, autism, Huntington’s disease. Now, she takes on ALS with Every Note Played. While the...

Cobra Clutch by A.J. Devlin

April 14, 2018

It’s fun to read a debut author’s first mystery. It’s even more interesting when it’s a book I never thought I’d pick up, but I discover I enjoyed the character and the story. In fact, I’ll look forward to A.J. Devlin’s...

Winners and the Deadly Female

April 13, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Plum Tea Crazy will go to Kimbrell S. from Spartanburg, SC. Amy W. from Spring Grove, IL won Hummus and Homicide. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away books written by...