The Fraud by Brad Parks

July 06, 2015

Our carefree investigative reporter Carter Ross has become a little more responsible now that there’s a baby on its way. That doesn’t mean Carter doesn’t get in trouble, as shown in the opening chapter of Brad Parks’ The Fraud, when he...

Someday Home by Lauraine Snelling

July 05, 2015

Although I read Lauraine Snelling’s Someday Home for a review for a journal, and found the story itself enjoyable, I had one big problem with the book. Why would anyone refer to women of 47, 51, and 52 as old or aged? Lynn Lundberg’s husband dropped dead...

The Silenced by Heather Graham

July 04, 2015

I’m a sucker for Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters books. These novels feature a special team of FBI agents who have some sort of paranormal ability, usually the ability to see or hear dead people. In the course of the book, they use their connections to...

Winners and Florida Law & Order Giveaway

July 03, 2015

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Lynn L. from Rio Linda, CA won Carolyn Hart’s Don’t Go Home. Anne Hillerman’s Rock with Wings is going to Judy S. of Hazel Green, AL. The books will go out tomorrow. We have two crime novels this...

August Treasures in My Closet – Part 2

July 02, 2015

Today, I’m leading off the August releases with my personal pick. But, Louise Penny’s eleventh Chief Inspector Gamache novel would be my personal pick no matter what month it came out. I’m prejudiced, though. In The Nature of the Beast, Penny...