Kate & Frida by Kim Fay

March 11, 2025

Kim Fay’s novel, Love & Saffron, was published in 2022, one of my favorite novels that year. It was subtitled “A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love”. I picked it up at the time because it was an epistolary novel, told in letters, and I’ll...

Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak

March 10, 2025

Lisa Rogak’s nonfiction book, Propaganda Girls: The Secret War of the Women in the OSS, isn’t my usual reading. I usually read for character development, even in nonfiction. But, this book is fascinating as it tells the story of four women who worked for...

Playing Dead, edited by Martin Edwards

March 09, 2025

Before I dive into Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club, I want to mention the cover. This is perfect! The stories in this collection, edited by Martin Edwards, celebrate Simon Brett’s eightieth birthday. As Brett is the author of the...

Broken Fields by Marcie R. Rendon

March 08, 2025

Marcie R. Rendon, author of the powerful novel Where They Last Saw Her, brings back her series character, Cash Blackbear, in a another traumatic, thought-provoking mystery, Broken Fields. This time, it’s Cash and a young Native girl who suffer through current...

Kim Hays’ Favorite Books of 2024

March 07, 2025

Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome Kim Hays to the blog to talk about her favorite books read in 2024. Since Kim’s own series has been mentioned here several times, and the fourth in the Linzer and Donatelli series, Splintered Justice, is due out in April,...