Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
I worry about all of you. I watched the weather, and saw the mudslides in California, and I know Mark mentioned the possibilities of them last week. I hope you're okay, Mark! And, of course, it's bitterly cold here in the Midwest, although we didn't get as much...
The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu
What a sad, interesting book. The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu is translated into English by Jesse Kirkwood, who also translated The Full Moon Coffee Shop, among other books. While the blanket cats themselves are the only link between seven stories, each of...
The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea by C.L. Miller
My only complaint about C.L. Miller's The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea was the large number of characters. You might want to keep score as you're reading it. Other than that, it's a fast-paced mystery set in the world of black market antiques. It's obvious...
The Quiet LIbrarian by Allen Eskens
Allen Eskens' standalone, The Quiet Librarian, is not an easy book to read with its descriptions of violence and war in Bosnia. But, like The Life We Bury, it's a book we should read. In 1995, Nura Divjak was a Muslim teenager living in Bosnia with her family until...
How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel by Kate Jackson
Kate Jackson's How to Survive a Classic Crime Novel is amusing at times. Anyone who reads the Golden Age Classics from Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, John Dickson Carr, and other authors will recognize the situations. Jackson's book not only warns readers how to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets
I have a full week of my own reviews coming up, but wanted to share Kevin Tipple's review of Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets by Christopher Farnsworth. It's the latest book in the Jesse Stone series. Thank you, Kevin. Robert B. Parker’s Buried Secrets: A Jesse...