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What Are You Reading?
How has your week been? My sister and I did running one day, hitting cute shops for Christmas gifts. Not large stores! One was even the gift shop at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. And, we had matzo ball soup and terrific rye bread for dipping...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Resort to Murder
The last time Kevin Tipple reviewed a book here, he discussed The Silence of the Loons. That was the first volume of short stories by "Minnesota's Premiere Mystery Writers". Resort to Murder This volume followed The Silence of the Loons. Again, it's an older book,...
The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong
While I enjoyed Jess Armstrong's second Gothic mystery featuring Ruby Vaughn, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read her award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. If you're interested in The Secret of the Three Fates, I'd suggest you start with...
Trouble Island by Sharon Short
I mentioned Trouble Island in December's Treasures in My Closet post. I said I picked it up because it was set on an island in Lake Erie, and my hometown is on that lake. I also knew Sharon Short also writes as Jess Montgomery As Montgomery, she writes the Kinship...
January Treasures in My Closet
I have a dozen books to talk about today, January releases. I hope you find a couple you want to read. Let me know what I might have missed. Wes Browne's They All Fall the Same is a violent novel set in Kentucky. Cannabis kingpin Burl Spoon has reigned over the...
Buried Lies by Steven Tingle
Once again, inept private detective Davis Reed gets caught up in an iffy investigation in Cruso, North Carolina in Steven Tingle's Buried Lies. It's a good thing Davis has a couple disreputable friends, Deputy Dale Johnson and his cousin, Floppy. And, Floppy is...