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Some of us have already had our first taste of winter. We had three to four inches of snow last Saturday, and that's enough for me for the entire season. I am not a winter person. I don't like being outside in cold weather, and I don't like to drive in snow or ice....
The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. Logan
I'm going to admit right up front that I read Amber Logan's The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn because she was on a panel I moderated. And, I probably would have gotten more out of the novel if I had read The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I know I missed...
Flight Risk By Cherie Priest
Did you catch Cherie Priest's first Booking Agents mystery, Grave Reservations, when it came out last year? Leda Foley, a Seattle travel agent and sometimes psychic returns with Homicide Detective Grady Merritt in another off-beat story, Flight Risk.ed ab It's been...
Have You Heard? – Cleo Coyle’s The Ghost and the Stolen Tears
I'm a big fan of Cleo Coyle's ghostly PI Jack Shepherd, so when Sandie Herron mentioned a review of the audiobook of The Ghost and the Stolen Tears, I took it. If you like paranormal mysteries, I hope you know Jack and Pen! The Ghost and the Stolen TearsWritten by...
Have You Heard? – Lois Winston’s Assault with a Deadly Glue gun
Sandie Herron knows just when to step up when I'm on deadline for Library Journal. She offered a couple reviews, and I grabbed them. I'll have a review of a new book on Tuesday, release day for it. In the meantime, thank you, Sandie, for reviewing this audiobook....
Foster by Claire Keegan
I'm not the only one impressed with Claire Keegan's spare, beautifully written novels. If you don't want to read my review, check out Alexandra Alter's article in The New York Times, http://bit.ly/3X0manJ. Keegan, the author of Small Things Like These, a Booker...