Reviews + Articles
Books & Mortar by Gibbs M. Smith
The author and illustrator Gibbs M. Smith, along with his wife, started his book publishing company, Gibbs Smith, in 1969. He died in 2017. According to the note in the back of the book, Books & Mortar, it's a celebration of his legacy, the local...
A Gruesome Discovery by Cora Harrison
Here's a series I've read from the very beginning, Cora Harrison's Reverend Mother series set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s. I find the history of Ireland fascinating, and everything I've learned about history in recent years comes from fiction. A Gruesome...
Money in the Morgue by Ngaio Marsh and Stella Duffy
How many of you remember that Ngaio Marsh's Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn trained as a diplomat before joining Scotland Yard? If you do, it won't surprise you that he's working undercover in World War II in New Zealand. Money in the Morgue is an...
The Second Goodbye by Patricia Smiley
Repeat after me, "I wish I had read the first book in the series, but you don't have to do that to read this book." It's become a mantra. Sometimes, you just can't start at the beginning. Detective Davie Richards is the featured detective in Patricia Smiley's...
Sandie’s Corner – Audible’s Best of 2018
Because Sandie Herron listens to audio books, and I don't, she's the one who caught the announcement that Audible named their Best of 2018. I do know that Audible is owned by Amazon, but these titles may be of interest. I know this was popular last year, so once...
Christmas Carols
Today, I'm going to channel the spirit of my sister-at-heart, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. I think I loved her before I ever met her because I appreciated the honesty of her rants on DorothyL. I have one of my own today. And, because Christmas carols involve words and...