Reviews + Articles

Winners and An Historical Mystery Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Melanie E. from Glendale, AZ won Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow. Debra F. from Land O Lakes, Florida will receive Drowning. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two...

What Are You Reading?

Weather seems so applicable today. I went from reading a Christmas mystery set in Scotland to a Halloween mystery set in Vermont, with the appropriate weather for both settings and seasons. And, both books are due out in October, but I’m going to only discuss...

Lois Winston, Guest Author

Lois Winston’s twelfth Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, A Crafty Collage of Crime, will be released on Friday, June 16. She took time from her pre-publication schedule to talk about writing. Thank you, Lois. My Two Families By Lois Winston I’m often asked...

Code of the Hills by Chris Offutt

Mick Hardin is back! Code of the Hills is Chris Offutt’s third novel featuring Hardin, a product of the Kentucky hills. Offutt’s writing style is economical in these books, but it’s beautiful and descriptive, and the reader never doubts that...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths

Kevin Tipple just seems to have a special sense as to when I could use an extra book review. I appreciate that! His latest review is of Elly Griffiths’ The Last Remains, the latest Ruth Galloway mystery. Thank you, Kevin. The Last Remains It is Friday, June...

Flesh and Blood by David Mark

I have to admit I hadn’t heard of David Mark’s Aector McAvoy series until Mark was on the mystery panel for the LJ Day of Dialog. Flesh and Blood is the eleventh police procedural in a series set in Hull, England. Several of the books were nominated for...