Reviews + Articles
A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd
I like Charles Todd’s Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries more than I do the Bess Crawford ones. However, I was disappointed in A Fatal Lie, the latest in the series. Chief Superintendent Markham of Scotland Yard is not happy with Rutledge, so he assigns him a...
Winners and More Favorites Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Jill H. from Pittsburgh, PA won Hide Away. Glen D. of Yuba City, CA won What You Don’t See. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. I have two more of my mystery favorites from 2020 to give away this...
What Are You Reading?
What are you reading this week? Are you reading? Even though I was home yesterday because we have icy, slick roads and more expected during evening hours, I didn’t read much. I spent the entire day riveted to the impeachment hearings. No matter what happens,...
A Tourist’s Guide to Murder by V.M. Burns
It’s been a few years since I read one of the books in V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series. A Tourist’s Guide to Murder reminds me how much I enjoy the cast and the parallel storylines in these books. Samantha Washington, owner of Market Street...
A Simple Murder by Linda Castillo
If you’re expecting the latest Kate Burkholder novel by Linda Castillo, you’re in for a surprise. A Simple Murder is a story collection featuring the police chief in Painters Mill, Ohio. Or maybe I should just say it features Kate Burkholder. One story...
When Harry Met Minnie by Martha Teichner
When Martha Teichner says, “Humor takes courage”, she could also say this book takes courage. It took courage to write When Harry Met Minnie, and a type of courage to read the book, knowing this is a nonfiction book that involves death and tears....