Reviews + Articles

Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews

I admit that my sister is the big Donna Andrews/Meg Langslow fan in the family. However, in Terns of Endearment, there was less outrageous behavior than I expected. Meg was a capable, organized amateur sleuth, and she handled a terrible crisis with aplomb. When Meg...

Winners and A Creepy Games Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Glenda S. from San Antonio, TX won The Chain. Chris B. of Saint Charles, MO will receive The Never Game. The books are going out in the mail today. People are playing creeping games this week. I'm giving away a copy...

What Are You Reading?

Happy Thursday! I missed talking with all of you last Thursday, but I was spending time talking with my Mom and sisters, which was great. We had a wonderful visit. So, time to catch up. I did go back and read your comments, but it's not the same. What have you been...

The Wolf Wants In by Laura McHugh

Laura McHugh's latest novel, The Wolf Wants In, has a tone of desperation. It's a complex, large, messy family story, told by two desperate women in a community ravaged by the opioid crisis. Sadie Keller is one of the narrators, desperate to find out how her brother...

The Hit by Nadia Dalbuono

While Nadia Dalbuono's crime novel, The Hit, has been out in Australia and the U.K., this is the first edition published in the United States. The third Leone Scarmacio, set in the television world, is evidence of the author's knowledge of that field. She has been a...

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton

If you're a fan of Cleo Coyle's Haunted Bookshop mysteries, or loved J.J. Cook's Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade series, I have a book for you! I'm a sucker for those paranormal cozies in which a female amateur sleuth falls for the ghost of a good-looking man. Traci Wilton...