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Whew! Made it through last week. Our weather here was ice, ice and more ice, with some snow piled up on it. The library was closed on Thursday and Friday last week, with a late opening on Saturday. We still have snow piled around town, but we survived without the...
Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart
I liked Mariah Stewart's second Wyndham Beach novel, Goodbye Again, so much that I suggested it to all the women in my immediate family, but I did recommend that they start with the first book, An Invincible Summer. If you like women's fiction featuring mature...
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
Mia P. Manansala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mysteries are not typical cozies. There's a depth and relevance to the series that is sometimes lacking in the genre. I'm not disparaging cozies because I read a number of them. I'm saying that Homicide and Halo-Halo deals...
Love and Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, food, and Love by Kim Fay.
I know marketing for books means someone is always going to compare a new book to a beloved or popular one. In this case, Kim Fay's Love & Saffron was compared to 84, Charing Cross Road. I enjoyed Love & Saffron, and I'm recommending it to people who enjoy...
Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb
I always admire J.D. Robb's In Death novels because homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas never forgets the victims. Yes, I enjoy police procedurals, and the emphasis on the search. That's certainly a part of these books. But, so many crime novels focus on the killer, and...
Four Thousand Days by M.J. Trow
M.J. Trow's new historical mystery series kicks off with Four Thousand Days, a story that introduces Margaret Murray, an amateur sleuth based on an actual person. Margaret Murray was an archaeologist and junior lecturer at University College, London at the time of...