Reviews + Articles

Sandie’s Corner – The Devil’s Bed by William Kent Krueger

While I finish my April Treasures in My Closet post, Sandie Herron has a review of William Kent Krueger's standalone, The Devil's Bed. It's twenty years old, but, hopefully, no one has seen fit to use "sensitivity readers" and redo the book. Thank you, Sandie. THE...

These Names Make Clues by E.C.R. Lorac

E.C.R. Lorac provides clues right there in the title of her Golden Age mystery, These Names Make Clues, if you're clever enough to pick up on them. I wasn't. Fortunately, Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard was on the scene when one of the murders...

Do I Know You? by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka

Now that I've read the second romance by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, I have to go back and read their first one, The Roughest Draft. They handled the relationship beautifully in Do I Know You? Graham and Eliza Cutler have been married five years....

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Storm Watch by C.J. Box

C.J. Box's twenty-third Joe Picket novel, Storm Watch, will be released Tuesday, Feb. 28. That's perfect timing because Kevin Tipple has a review of the forthcoming book, naturally with no spoilers. Thank you, Kevin! The worsening weather this day in late March for...

Winners & a Cozy Mystery Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. River of Fallen Angels will go to Brenda W. from Hattiesburg, MS. Kathy S. from Saugus, MA won Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away cozy mysteries with...

What Are You Reading?

Monday was the first time I've had Presidents' Day off in ten years. I spent much of it at my friend Donna's house. In January, we did a movie day, the first we had done since Covid in 2020. That was a western day. We watched a 1951 movie that I love, Westward the...