Reviews + Articles
March Treasures in My Closet
I may be wrong, but it looks like March is going to give us a breather. I don't have as many March book releases here, so it might be a catch-up month for some of us. We can hope! Murder at the Porte de Versailles is Cara Black's twentieth Aimee Leduc Investigation...
Dying Fall by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
I only started reading the Inspector Bill Slider police procedurals in the last couple years, but I'm always eager to pick up the latest one. I'll admit though, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' Dying Fall was a little slow to get going. While Slider's team, including Atherton,...
The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate
The third book in Marty Wingate's First Edition Library mystery series, The Librarian Always Rings Twice, is an intriguing story that includes an homage to Daphne du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek and an enviable collection of Golden Age Mysteries. But, this time, the...
Totally Pawstruck by Sofie Ryan
I was late coming to Sofie Kelly's Magical Cats series, and equally late coming to the series she writes under the name Sofie Ryan. Totally Pawstruck is the ninth in the Second Chance Cat mystery series. And, I know I'm to suspend disbelief in reading a cozy mystery....
Contests and Winners
I know there are new entrants to the weekly book giveaways, so I wanted to start the post with a reminder. When you email to enter a contest, I do ask for your name and mailing address. I don't keep it. Once the weekly contest is over, all the entries are trashed....
What Are You Reading?
I hope everyone had the chance to read Rosemary Kaye's "Favorites of 2021" yesterday. As Jeff said, it's always fun to read about books I haven't heard of, or don't know. There was only one book on Rosemary's list that I've read, but I laughed all the way through her...