Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
What are you reading this week? I'm reading a John Dickson Carr mystery published in 1931. Castle Skull: A Rhineland Mystery is one of the British Library Crime Classics. I always loved Carr's locked-room mysteries, although I haven't read anywhere near as many as...
2020 Anthony Award Nominations
Bouchercon recently announced the nominees for the 2020 Anthony Awards. Congratulations to all of the nominees. Here's their press release. June 8, 2020 SACRAMENTO—Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, is pleased to announce the nominees for its prestigious...
A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander
When I read the first of Ellie Alexander's Bakeshop mysteries, Meet Your Baker, I commented that the amateur sleuth, Jules Capshaw, was too impulsive, ready to fling herself into danger. It appears that Jules learned her lesson after ending up with a scar after her...
Distractions
How many of you needed a distraction this week? I turned off the television. I really couldn't watch the news. I'd rather read about it in the newspaper. Even then, I can only take so much news right now. But, I was invited to join a Facebook group, Friends and...
Have You Heard? Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
I'm just starting one book, and reading and writing reviews for Library Journal, so it's time to pick up an audiobook review from Sandie Herron. She's been on a roll with William Kent Krueger's Cork O'Connor mysteries. Today, she talks about Mercy Falls. Thank you,...
You May Kiss the Bride by Lisa Berne
Beginning with Covid-19, I needed a break, so I've been reading historical romances set in England. I stumbled across Lisa Berne's debut romance from 2017, the first in her Penhallow Dynasty series. You May Kiss the Bride, unfortunately, will be the last...