Reviews + Articles
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
How many of you had heard of the fire that destroyed almost half a million books and damaged several hundred thousand more at the Los Angeles Central Library? It happened on April 29, 1986, but the Chernobyl accident occurred on April 26, 1986, so the eyes of the...
Winners and the Sherlock Holmes Connection Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Jana B. from Smyrna, TN and Marie R. from Horseheads, NY won copies of Dig Your Grave. Charlotte W. from Covington, GA and Bill T. from St. Clair Shores, MI won the copies of The Guilty Dead. The books are going...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! I'm excited about the book I'm going to share today. My best friend, Donna, pointed this one out to me. I bought it as a gift to myself. It's a perfect gift for book lovers. It's called Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany by Jane Mount. She...
William Ian Grubman – Author Interview
William Ian Grubman has a fascinating background. He doesn't quite touch on it enough in his answers, but I think you'll find the author of The Storm Over Paris is an interesting person. Here's our interview. Q - William, you have so many aspects to your life, it's...
A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
It's always a treat to catch up with Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. Vicki Delany has given us a delightful, idiosyncratic character whose brain resembles Holmes'. She lacks empathy and social skills, though, and just doesn't...
In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon
Joy Avon's debut mystery, In Peppermint Peril, is the first "A Tea and a Read Mystery". This one is set in the Christmas season, while the second one will take readers back to Heart's Harbor, Maine, for the Fourth of July celebration. Meet Callie Aspen and her...