Reviews + Articles
Winners and an Ice, Ice Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Charlotte W. from Covington, GA won The Moth Catcher. The Long Call goes to Lauren K. from Reading, MA. The books are going out in the mail today. Temperatures dropped today here from our 90s, and that will...
What Are You Reading?
Did you have a good reading week? I hope so. If not, I hope it was because you were busy, in a good way. I'm reading D.M. Quincy's Dec. 10 release, Murder at the Opera. It's the third Atlas Catesby mystery, set in Regency London. I love the adventurer Atlas Catesby...
A House of Ghosts by W. C. Ryan
If I was putting together my top ten books of 2019 right now, W. C. Ryan's A House of Ghosts would be in the top five. The engrossing ghost story/historical mystery is definitely one of the best books I've read this year. Fans of Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge...
November Treasures in My Closet
November isn't a big publishing month, or, at least my Treasures in My Closet piles don't reflect a big publishing month. However, there are treasures, including one of the best books I've read this year. Elizabeth Berg takes readers back to Mason, Missouri in The...
The Stalking by Heather Graham
This is a rougarou, a Louisiana swamp legend related to a werewolf. It's also the legendary villain in Heather Graham's latest Krewe of Hunters novel, The Stalking. This series, featuring an elite group of FBI agents who have abilities to see and talk with ghosts,...
Bloody Genius by John Sandford
John Sandford is a bloody genius. I wish I could tell you how he messed up my book review for Bloody Genius, the twelfth Virgil Flowers novel, but it would spoil the book. In fact, that's what happened. I had an opening sentence all set after I read the first...