Reviews + Articles
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Kiss and Kill in Texas by Russ Hall
It's always nice to read that people are looking for some of the books suggested by Kevin R. Tipple. Today, he has a review of the eighth Al Quinn novel, Kiss and Kill in Texas by Russ Hall. Thank you, Kevin. For many years now I have been a big fan of Texas author...
What Are You Reading?
Before I start in, I just wanted to ask if anyone wants to do a Favorite Books of 2023 list to run here on the blog? Glen already mentioned that he's going to start working on his list. Of course, I'll have a list. I'd love to have posts from others if you'd like to...
Library Journal’s Best Crime Fiction of 2023
Everyone has their "Best of" list out. This isn't the same as my favorites of 2023, which I always run at the beginning of the new year. And, I'll be inviting anyone who wants to participate to take part in that again this year. This is Library Journal's Best Crime...
Lost Hours by Paige Shelton
While I'm a fan of Paige Shelton's Alaska Wild series, in my opinion, Lost Hours isn't the best of the five books. I found it confusing at times, with too many plotlines to keep straight. And, with the cliffhanger ending that I suspected was coming, I don't know that...
Sniffing Out Murder by Kallie E. Benjamin
Writing as Kallie E. Benjamin, Valerie Burns (V.M. Burns) launches the Bailey the Bloodhound cozy mystery series. She's carved out a little niche for herself in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, for settings. This series is set in Crosbyville, a city of 30,000 in...
Death Writes by Andrea Carter
Andrea Carter takes readers back to the Inoshowen Peninsula in Ireland for the sixth book in the series, Death Writes. While other books in the series have been described as atmospheric, in this one, the focus is not on the landscape, but on the people involved with...