Missed It – The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans

June 15, 2025

I’m halfway through Michael Connelly’s Nightshade, which I’m enjoying, but I’m mad I missed my galley of Mary Anna Evans’ The Dark Library. I’ve known Mary Anna for twenty-two years, and I was looking forward to reading the galley...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot by Simon Brett

June 14, 2025

While Simon Brett’s fourth Mrs. Pargeter’s book, Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh, was my favorite in the series so far, I had a hard time getting through Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot. The entire situation was a little too bizarre for me. Mrs. P is...

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman

June 13, 2025

According to Laura Lippman, Mrs. Muriel Blossom first appeared in the novel Another Thing to Fall in 2008. Lippman admits readers occasionally called her out for being ageist and anti-fat when it came to Mrs. Blossom, who did surveillance for PI Tess Monaghan at one...

What Are You Reading?

June 12, 2025

Thursday! My favorite day of the week! No matter how I’m feeling, I love to talk with all of you about what you’re doing and what you’re reading. I needed a down week, and I’ve had a couple quiet days. Went to my brother-in-law’s for...

A Most Contagious Game by Catherine Aird

June 11, 2025

I’m looking forward to reading Catherine Aird’s Inspector C.D. Sloan books, but once I read A Most Contagious Game, I regret that she only wrote this one standalone. It’s such an exceptional “classic British mystery”. I couldn’t put...