A Lesson in Dying by Ann Cleeves

March 24, 2025

Before Shetland and Vera, Ann Cleeves gave readers the Inspector Ramsay series. Despite 1990 publication in the United Kingdom, the first book in the series, A Lesson in Dying, is only now available in the U.S. It’s a village mystery, with Ramsay only on the...

Cat Got Your Killer by Sofie Ryan

March 23, 2025

Sofie Ryan’s Cat Got Your Killer is the twelfth book in her Second Chance Cat Mystery series. Perhaps if I’d read more than just a couple in this series, I might be able to remember who all the characters are. There are a number of people who are friends...

The Reluctant Sheriff by Chris Offutt

March 22, 2025

Chris Offutt’s Mick Hardin novels have their ups and downs for me. I loved the first in the series, The Killing Hills, and then I seem to appreciate all the odd-numbered ones more than the even ones. The Reluctant Sheriff is the fourth to feature Mick Hardin, an...

David Chaudoir’s Favorites of 2024

March 21, 2025

Last year, David Chaudoir had one of the earliest submissions for Favorite Books Read. This year, I’m finishing up the Friday posts with his Favorite Books Read in 2024. David reads the posts here more than he comments. He’s an anthropologist and...

What Are You Reading?

March 20, 2025

So many tornadoes, and more predicted for Thursday as I write this. I hope you’re all okay. Such a good weekend. My sister, Linda and I went to visit my Mom for a long weekend. We stopped first at my sister, Christie’s who was babysitting for her grandson....