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What Are You Reading?
It's National Read a Book Day! For this Thursday group, every day is National Read a Book Day, isn't it? What are you reading today? I'm going to start a book at the airport while I'm waiting to fly to St. Petersburg for Bouchercon. I can tell you two of the books...
Secret Undertaking by Mark de Castrique
After I read a couple of Mark de Castrique's Sam Blackman books, I quit the series. But, the seventh Buryin' Barry mystery, Secret Undertaking, made me go back to pick up the first in this series. Dark humor, that western North Carolina small community...
The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly
There seem to have been an extraordinary number of weddings in mysteries this summer. No, librarian Kathleen Paulson isn't the one getting married in Sofie Kelly's The Cats Came Back. But, she's part of the wedding party and planning throughout the book. It's...
Death at Whitewater Church by Andrea Carter
While the trade paperback of Andrea Carter's Death at Whitewater Church was just released, it appears that the book has been out for several years online. However, most readers will discover it as the debut mystery in a character-driven, atmospheric series....
Icepick by Phillip DePoy
While the third Foggy Moscowitz mystery, Icepick, is called "A noir mystery set in Florida", the violence of Phillip DePoy's latest book is offset by the dark humor and the mysticism. In fact, like Foggy, the reader may get to the end and wonder what just happened....
October Treasures in My Closet
There's an entire pile of October books. You'll want to check out some of these, I'm sure. Should we kick off the list with a holiday letter? Try Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners by Gretchen Anthony. "Dearest loved ones, far and near - evergreen tidings from...