Winners and an Amateur Sleuth Giveaway

January 19, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bury the Past is going to Marie R. from Horseheads, NY. Mary P. from Rome, NY won A Hunt in Winter. Due to our weather, the books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away two mysteries...

What Are You Reading?

January 18, 2018

First, I want to thank Jeff, Grace, Margie and Glen for sharing their favorite books of 2017. Let’s do it again next year! Watch for those good books this year. I bet it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that I’m finishing Foxglove Summer, the...

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

January 17, 2018

While Broken Homes isn’t my favorite in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, the ending came as surprise. And, it was perfect. Peter Grant is a police constable with a little bit of magic. He and a former classmate, Lesley May, reside at the Folly...

A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

January 16, 2018

How often do you read a novel and find it so wonderful that it makes you want to not only reread it, but also read another book? Deanna Raybourn’s third Veronica Speedwell mystery, A Treacherous Curse, moves the characters’ relationship along, while...

Murder of a Good Man by Teresa Trent

January 15, 2018

I liked the first mystery in Teresa Trent’s new Piney Woods series. I really did, and I hope to read the next book. But, her stereotypes and comment about a senior really bothered me when I realized how old the character was. And, neither the author nor the...