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Murder in Connemara by Carlene O’Connor

Now that Sheila Connolly is gone, I follow Carlene O'Connor to Ireland for cozy mysteries. Murder in Connemara is the second Home to Ireland mystery featuring Tara Meehan, an American who followed her family roots home to Galway. Tara is only waiting for her permit to...

From Sandie’s Corner – the Deadhouse

I love Sandie Herron's side note about her character in Linda Fairstein's The Deadhouse. It's been a while since I featured one of her book reviews. It's time. Thank you, Sandie! THE DEADHOUSE Series: Alexandra Cooper, Book 4 Written By Linda Fairstein Scribner...

Winners & A Couple Male Investigators

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Dial A for Aunties is going to Leeza S. from Highland Park, IL.Jane W. from Scottsville, VA won It Takes Two to Mango. The books are going out in the mail today. I don't seem to have mysteries that share many things...

What Are You Reading?

Well, how has your week been? I'm waiting to see if everyone in my department at work has to have a COVID test. One of my staff members was exposed, and the family member who tested positive had the vaccine. Everyone in my department has had the vaccine, but with the...

Fallen by Linda Castillo

If Linda Castillo has ever had a weak Kate Burkholder novel, Fallen isn't it. From the first time Burkholder, police chief in Painters Mill, Ohio, sees the victim's body, this case strikes a little too close to home. Like Kate, Rachael Schwartz left the Amish...

Fatal Family Ties by S.C. Perkins

If you follow S.C. Perkins' Ancestry Detective series, I'm sure you've noticed the clever way the publisher chooses to illustrate the reference area for genealogist Lucy Lancaster. It's obvious that Fatal Family Ties deals with the American Civil War. Lancaster, a...