Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Well, yesterday was interesting on the blog as we all talked about our new normal, or what isn't normal, and what we've been doing a little different. Thanks everyone who spoke up. So, before we jump into what we're reading, does anyone else want to talk about what...
August Treasures in My Closet
I don't believe there was a summer in 2020. I'm writing about August book releases already. I believe 2020 is just a worldwide "Twilight Zone" episode. Everything since March has been a blur, and I don't really remember doing anything except worrying and working this...
The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell
A Ghostly Light, the last Haunted Home Renovation Mystery, came out in 2017. However, Juliet Blackwell's fans have nothing to worry about. The author hasn't lost her touch. In fact, Mel Turner, "ghost-talking psychic home renovator" only seems to have grown more...
The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
When Margaret Mizushima and Paula Munier blurb a book, it's natural to expect a mystery featuring a dog. You'd be right with The Finders, Jeffrey B. Burton's action-packed series debut. It's an intense, sometimes graphic, novel about a serial killer. Even better,...
What You Don’t See by Tracy Clark
Tracy Clark's debut PI novel, Broken Places, was an award nominee. I spotted it at the time, and said fans of Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone will welcome Cass Raines. The second book in the series, Borrowed Time, went on to win the 2020 Sue Grafton Award,...
Find Me by Anne Frasier
I'm an outlier. While psychological thrillers have been popular in the last couple years, I'm not a fan. I don't like unreliable narrators. And, I am not interested in serial killer novels that get inside the mind of a killer. Give me a traditional mystery or a police...