Reviews + Articles
Nail’s Crossing by Kris Lackey
Somewhere buried in Kris Lackey's first Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mystery, Nail's Crossing, is a plot. That plot is underneath so many chase scenes that I lost count, including one chase scene with Maytubby piloting an airplane. But, I did like Maytubby, Bond,...
Sandie’s Corner – Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger's Fox Creek leads library holds throughout the country this week. It's the nineteenth book in the Cork O'Connor series. Although I read it several months ago for Library Journal, I'm not the expert on this series that Sandie Herron is. Sandie...
Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley
Mindy Quigley kicks off a new cozy mystery series set in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin with Six Feet Deep Dish. I'll admit I wasn't so sure about the protagonist when I read Delilah (Dee) O'Leary's description of herself as a micromanaging chef. But, after the first...
Death Casts a Shadow by Patricia Skalka
Death Casts a Shadow is the seventh and final book in Patricia Skalka's excellent Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series. Her notes at the end of the book say she completed the arc she had planned for Dave Cubiak. She took him from a broken man through almost...
Winners and a Complete Series Giveaway
Congratulations to the two winners of the last contest. The books are going to the coasts. Lisa G. from Pensacola Beach, FL won Iced by Felix Francis. Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs is heading to Glen D. from Yuba City, CA. The books are going out in the mail...