Reviews + Articles
The Blacklin County Files by Bill Crider & Judy Crider
Although I’m reading Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries in order, I stumbled across a story collection, The Blacklin County Files. The stories in the book were published in various magazines before they were collected here. They’re quick...
Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac
There are other authors from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction that are better known than E.C.R. Lorac, but I enjoy her books with the wit and clever plots. Martin Edwards, who wrote the introduction to Death of an Author, suggests that Lorac had fun with the...
Winners and A Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Autumn T. from Portland, OR will receive Murder at the College Library. W.W. from Oakland, CA won Murder at an Irish Chipper. The books went out in the mail. This week’s mysteries couldn’t be more...
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday! Well, despite snow that had to be scraped off my car (thanks to my sister) for doing that!), we had a terrific week. We went to see Mamma Mia! last Thursday night. We had both seen it before, but this one was one of best live versions I’ve...
A Peek Ahead
Quite a last couple days. Drove to Akron on Sunday, a two hour drive, and went to see The High Kings and Gaelic Storm in concert on St. Patrick’s Day. What a high energy show! Exhausted afterwards, and I wasn’t a performer. Then, we drove back in snow...