Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I feel as if I'm still catching my breath after New York City, and then the trip to Ohio for a family wedding. It's always fun to spend time with family. Of course, that means I didn't get any reading done other than books I'm reading on deadline. Of...
Have You Heard? Alice Kimberly’s The Ghost and Mrs. McClure
Sandie Herron is reviewing one of my long-time favorite series, Alice Kimberly's Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure is the first in the series. Today, Sandie reviews the audiobook. The Ghost and Mrs. McClure ...
Dusk along the Niobrara by John D. Nesbitt
I had never heard the term "frontier mystery" until I read John D. Nesbitt's Dusk along the Niobrara. It makes sense, though, for all those mysteries that fit the western trope of a stranger rides into town, cleans it up, and leaves again. In fact, when I was...
Dead Big Dawg by Victoria Houston
I have no interest in fly fishing, and I can live without most descriptions of nature in mysteries, but Victoria Houston's Loon Lake mysteries always catch my attention. Perhaps it's because Police Chief Lewellyn Ferris and her friend Dr. Paul Osborne are so...
The Shallows by Matt Goldman
Every time I discover a new author thanks to a book I'm given to review, I count myself lucky. The Shallows is Matt Goldman's third Nils Shapiro novel, but I haven't read the two earlier ones. As I often do, I'll suggest you start with the first, Gone to Dust....
Arches Enemy by Scott Graham
While the setting and environmental history of Arches National Park is appealing in Scott Graham's fifth National Park Mystery, I found his protagonist less so. Archaeologist Chuck Bender is knowledgeable, though, and he may appeal to other readers. I didn't care...