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A Slant of Light by Kathryn Lasky

I'll admit I bogged down in the middle of Kathryn Lasky's third Georgia O'Keeffe historical mystery, A Slant of Light. Lasky had to bring together so many characters, so much history. And, some of what I love about these books was missing at times. O'Keeffe, as an...

Lindy Gomm’s Favorites of 2024

I like to host the Favorites of 2024 posts. We get to see what our online friends are reading from all over the world. Today, it's Lindy Gomm's turn to talk about her favorite books of 2024. Thank you, Lindy! THE NIGHT IN QUESTION by Susan Fletcher - An absolutely...

What Are You Reading?

Although we're expecting icy rain overnight, I have no weather complaints for this past week, other than it was cold. And, I did nothing exciting this week, except read. So, I can move on right to books. Don't forget tomorrow is Favorites Friday. Lindy will have a...

Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn

While I enjoyed Deanna Raybourn's second book featuring her retired spies, Kills Well with Others, I preferred the first in the series, Killers of a Certain Age. It's not the author's fault that I've read so many books since then that feature senior sleuths or...

Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb

J.D. Robb's Bonded in Death is the sixtieth book in her "In Death" series, but it may be the best in the series. She's still at the top of her game, bringing Lieutenant Eve Dallas a crime from the past. When Giovanni Rossi was killed in a limo in New York City, the...

Stone Certainty by Simon R. Green

The Holy Terrors are back in Simon R. Green's second mystery to feature them, but I found Stone Certainty a little disappointing. There's a line in the book that usually describes Green's books, "Hip-deep in sudden death, with supernatural elements." The deaths...