Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Are you all okay out in California? I worry about you whenever I see pictures on the news, although I knew you've been okay so far. Let's talk about next week's schedule for a moment. Glen's Favorites of 2022 will be up on Tuesday, Jan. 17. I have a guest post on the...
Jeff Meyerson’s Favorite Books of 2022
I think we're lucky that some of our avid readers agree to share their favorite books every year. Jeff Meyerson was the one who originally suggested that we talk books on Thursdays for "What Are You Reading?" I'm always grateful for his contributions. When I'm not...
City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita
One reason I found the concept for Iris Yamashita's debut mystery so intriguing is because I had seen the CBS Sunday Morning feature about Whittier, Alaska. Yamashita's City Under One Roof is set in the fictional town of Point Mettier, Alaska, but her notes following...
The Game is A Footnote by Vicki Delany
Tricky, tricky. Vicki Delany's latest Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery takes an unexpected turn two thirds of the way through the book with the arrival of Gemma Doyle's sister, Pippa. The Game is A Footnote went from a small local mystery of a haunted house and murder...
Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson
Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest medieval noir mysteries, kicks off a new historical mystery series with Courting Dragons. Will Somers actually was the jester to Henry VIII through his reign, then jester to all of Henry's children, including Elizabeth I....
Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade
Amy Patricia Meade's Tish Tarragon series is one that I started, then picked up again a few books into it. I've always been glad I did because the primary characters all settled in to ones I enjoyed meeting again. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony brings back to Tish, the...