Reviews + Articles
Book Chat – Cathy Guisewite and Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault
I mentioned on Thursday that I was reading Cathy Guisewite's collection of essays, Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault. I'm still reading it because my deadline for Library Journal for mystery reviews is this coming Friday. I finished a terrific adventure novel I'm...
Notre-Dame de Paris, In Tribute and Sorrow
I don't even know what to say. What a loss to Paris, to the world, to all of us who love Paris, and to everyone who never had the chance to get there to see Notre-Dame Cathedral. Building started on it in 1163. It survived the French Revolution, two world wars. I...
The Department of Sensitive Crimes by Alexander McCall Smith
I know I'm in a minority of crime fiction readers. This was my first novel by Alexander McCall Smith. And, unless I receive another one to review, The Department of Sensitive Crimes will be my last. The slow pace, and the story in which very little...
Reading in Bed by Brian Doyle
In between mysteries, essays are just what I need. Brian Doyle's collection, Reading in Bed, was entertaining and interesting for someone who is a reader. I bought it for several friends who are writers as well because there is so many ideas in this book with the...
Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks brings back Jane Prescott, a ladies' maid in the early twentieth century in New York, in Death of a New American. The first in the series, A Death of No Importance, was one of Library Journal's top ten mysteries of 2018. While this historical...
Winners & A March Mysteries Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Linda K. from Woodstock, MD won The Perfect Alibi. Broken Bone China is going to Jane T. from West Linn, OR. The books will go out in the mail today. I have two more March mystery releases to give away today....