Reviews + Articles

August Treasures in My Closet

I don't believe there was a summer in 2020. I'm writing about August book releases already. I believe 2020 is just a worldwide "Twilight Zone" episode. Everything since March has been a blur, and I don't really remember doing anything except worrying and working...

The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell

A Ghostly Light, the last Haunted Home Renovation Mystery, came out in 2017. However, Juliet Blackwell's fans have nothing to worry about. The author hasn't lost her touch. In fact, Mel Turner, "ghost-talking psychic home renovator" only seems to have grown more...

The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton

When Margaret Mizushima and Paula Munier blurb a book, it's natural to expect a mystery featuring a dog. You'd be right with The Finders, Jeffrey B. Burton's action-packed series debut. It's an intense, sometimes graphic, novel about a serial killer. Even...

What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark

Tracy Clark's debut PI novel, Broken Places, was an award nominee. I spotted it at the time, and said fans of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone will welcome Cass Raines. The second book in the series, Borrowed Time, went on to win the 2020 Sue Grafton Award,...

Find Me by Anne Frasier

I'm an outlier. While psychological thrillers have been popular in the last couple years, I'm not a fan. I don't like unreliable narrators. And, I am not interested in serial killer novels that get inside the mind of a killer. Give me a traditional mystery or a...

Winners and Liars Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Meet Your Baker goes to G.B. from East Lansing, MI. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV will received Apple Cider Slaying. The books are going out in the mail today. It's not surprising that all those books with...