Reviews + Articles

Winners and a Give Me a V Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Both winners have been told their books won’t go out in the mail until early next week when it’s a little warmer and some of the snow in parking lots have melted. Linda K. from Woodstock, MD won The...

What Are You Reading?

I know those of you in California are okay. I hope the rest of you are safe and warm in the midst of snow and ice, electrical outages and even tornadoes. It hasn’t been an easy week and a half. Our library was closed for two days last week because of ice....

Symphony Road by Gabriel Valjan

Gabriel Valjan’s first Shane Cleary mystery, Dirty Old Town, impressed me. He took an idealistic ex-cop turned PI, put him in Boston where he struggles to make a living while dealing with cops who hate him for his integrity and his willingness to testify...

S.J. Bennett & The Windsor Knot

Virtual Event: S.J. Bennett in conversation with Lesa Holstine WHEN: March 8, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (3 PM ET) WHERE:Virtual Event, Poisoned Pen’s Facebook page. (You do not have to have a Facebook account to watch the event. You can get to it through the...

Have You Heard? – Donna Andrews’ The Hen of the Baskervilles

Sandie Herron never knows when I’m going to use one of her reviews. I spent yesterday reading a book for review for Library Journal, so it was the perfect time to use this audiobook review. Thanks, Sandie. Check out the review of Donna Andrews’...

A Lady’s guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins

While I enjoyed Manda Collins’ A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, what she refers to as a combination of historical suspense and romance, I have to agree with Anne, a reader who commented earlier. I’m not going to blame the author, but someone...