Reviews + Articles
Dirty Old Town by Gabriel Valjan
Raymond Chandler's Marlowe is the model for how many private investigators? He defines that hero in The Simple Art of Murder. "He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor, by...
Have You Heard? Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy
Between deadlines for a journal and life, I haven't had time to finish the next book I'm reviewing here. But, Sandie Herron has a review of an audiobook I can share, Foreign Eclairs by Julie Hyzy. As always, thank you, Sandie. Foreign Éclairs ...
Winners and a “Cops” Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Please See Us will go to Sandy G. from North Plainfield, NJ, and The Girl Beneath the Sea goes to Dianne C. of Elk Grove Village, IL. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away three books...
What Are You Reading?
How are you this week? I'm on vacation, although I'm at home. So, that gives me reading time! I'm reading on deadline, as usual. I'm also reading Gabriel Valjan's PI novel, Dirty Old Town. It's set in Boston, and it's the first Shane Cleary mystery....
Patti Callahan’s Surviving Savannah
Here it is! I'm excited to share the cover for Surviving Savannah by New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan, on sale March 9, 2021. It’s inspired by the true and forgotten story of the sinking of the “Titanic of the South”. ...
Booked for Death by Victoria Gilbert
Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library mysteries, remains in the book world with the first in her Booklover's B&B Mysteries, Booked for Death. Fans of Ellery Adams' Book Retreat mysteries might want to try this new character-driven cozy....