Reviews + Articles
Winners & An Ann Cleeves Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Sue F. from Crosslakes, MN won Terns of Endearment. Liz V. of Annapolis, MD will receive Killer in the Carriage House. The books are going out in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away books in two different...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday, that day we all get to talk about what we've been reading in the last week.Yay! I'm finishing the third book in Anna Lee Huber's Verity Kent mystery series, Penny for Your Secrets, although I haven't read the earlier ones. It's a fascinating book, a...
The Off-Islander by Peter Colt
Although debut author Peter Colt is younger than his character, Andy Roark, his experiences and his acquaintances must have helped create the Vietnam vet turned private investigator. Colt himself is a police officer in a small New England city. He spent over twenty...
Lies in White Dresses by Sofia Grant
Sofia Grant's Lies in White Dresses takes readers back to 1952, and to a subject that I haven't seen addressed in a novel before. Do you know about Nevada's residency requirements for people seeking divorces during that time? It wasn't always easy to get a divorce...
Ann Cleeves, An Author Interview
You might be familiar with Ann Cleeves' books in the Shetland Island series, or her Vera Stanhope series. Maybe you've watched "Shetland" or "Vera". Cleeves has also written other books. She just released the first in the new Two Rivers series, The Long Call....
A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford
It's not really too early for Christmas mysteries. The Christmas books are released in September and October now because, let's face it, most of us don't read a lot during December. And, I wouldn't miss Laura Bradford's latest Amish Mystery, A Killer Carol....