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The Killing Plains by Sherry Rankin
The writing in Sherry Rankin's debut mystery, The Killing Plains, shows why she won the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Debut Dagger Award. Set in Crescent Bluff, West Texas, it's a gritty, atmospheric story. Colly Newland retired from the Houston police...
March Treasures in My Closet
Oh, I think anyone who loves books will be able to find a book in the March Treasures in My Closet. There's a wonderful collection of books coming out in March. We'll jump right in. Let's start with a debut, 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen. On the eve of the Nazi...
Jeff Meyerson’s Favorites of 2024
Thank you, Jeff, for taking time to put together your list of Favorite Books read in 2024 before you took off for Florida. I always look forward to your list. I'm starting with non-fiction, which has several of my favorites. Each list is chronological by when...
What Are You Reading?
I was looking forward to today. I want to hear how Lindy and Mark are doing, and anyone else who wants to talk about it. The weather hasn't been quite as bad here, and I ran all kinds of errands yesterday, including to the library, of course. I picked up Vivien...
Head Cases by John McMahon
It's a good week for thriller readers with the release of James Byrne's Chain Reaction, Andrew Welsh-Huggins' The Mailman, and John McMahon's Head Cases. McMahon might be known to some readers as the award-nominated author of the P.T. Marsh thrillers, including The...
Chain Reaction by James Byrne
How often do you read a book and say, "I wonder how they came up with that title?" I love it that I read this third Dez Limerick thriller by James Byrne, and understood how the title Chain Reaction was used. If Dez Limerick hadn't received a text begging him to sit...