Reviews + Articles
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
Full disclosure. I read Wanda M. Morris' debut novel, All Her Little Secrets, way back in April. Morris was on a panel I moderated for Library Journal Day of Dialog in May. I also interviewed her for a profile in Library Journal. Her book was the Lead Read for the...
Winners and a Ladies and Crime Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Dorothy H. from Green Valley, AZ won Murder at Mallowan Hall. Diane M. from State College, PA won Her Name is Knight (even though she did say Go Penn State to me. But, at least Ohio State beat them last weekend.) The...
What Are You Reading?
I hope we all had a better week weather-wise than last week. It doesn't sound as if the weather has been as crazy. Ours is a little chilly for us, in the low thirties in the morning, but we're supposed to warm up next week. It has been good weather to cuddle with the...
Wendall Thomas’ Cyd Redondo
Have you "met" Cyd Redondo yet? Wendall Thomas' creation, Cyd is a travel agent for Redondo Travel. Or, as author James Ziskin said, "One brilliantly sexy disaster of a globetrotting travel agent". Cyd has appeared in three mysteries. The first two, Lost Luggage and...
Fogged Off by Wendall Thomas
I'm not even sure I can summarize Wendall Thomas' Fogged Off properly. The third Cyd Redondo mystery is a fast-paced escapade with so many seemingly unrelated incidents that finally fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. And, Cyd. She's a thirty-year-old travel agent who...
December Treasures in My Closet
The publishers are finally giving us a break, a month to catch up on all those books from October and November. I think they know we're all a little busy in December, so the list of books isn't quite as long for the December Treasures in My Closet. As always, these...