Reviews + Articles
What ARe You Reading?
I'm so glad I called my sister yesterday morning. I had failed to put last night's play on my calendar. As she said, when she called to tell me she was leaving to pick me up, I would have been in my jammies. We went to see "Some Like It Hot." I'd never seen the movie...
Slight Mourning by Catherine Aird
The sixth book in Catherine Aird's Calleshire Chronicles, Slight Mourning, was not one of my favorites. Despite one funny report about a regimental reunion at a hotel, this mystery was slow-paced, in fact, plodding. After a dinner party at his home, Bill Fent died in...
The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
"Light kills dark." Nora Roberts concludes her Lost Brides trilogy with The Seven Rings, the unforgettable story set in Poole's Bay, Maine in a manor haunted for two hundred years by a mad witch who covets the house Arthur Poole built for his family and descendants....
Constituent Service by John Scalzi
Whoever did the cover art for John Scalzi's Constituent Service did a wonderful job illustrating the various species that are in the book. I'm grateful for Jeff Meyerson who mentioned this amusing novella by Scalzi. Of course, his books always have serious undertones,...
The Perp Wore Pumpkin ed. by J. Alan Hartman
"A bad meal is a misdemeanor but going to bed hungry is the biggest crime of all." Although this humorous crime anthology was published in 2023, the cause it supports has been even more vital this year when food has been uncertain for so many people. According to...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Fallen Star by Lee Goldberg
Kevin Tipple's health isn't good at the moment, so I'm using one of his reviews that he sent me a while ago. He actually read Lee Goldberg's Fallen Star before I did. I had a busy day yesterday, so I'm glad I had this review in my back pocket. Thank you, Kevin. Fallen...