Reviews + Articles
No Cure for the Dead by Christine Trent
Mysteries featuring historical figures turned amateur sleuths are as popular as ever. Now, Florence Nightingale is forced to investigate the death of a nurse in Christine Trent's historical mystery, No Cure for the Dead. Trent, who writes the Lady of Ashes...
The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
The cover of Mary Kay Andrews' latest novel, The High Tide Club, would lead you to expect another one of her enjoyable beach reads with a tight group of female friends and light humor. Wrong, in all aspects. Oh, there's a tight-knit group of friends in 1941, but...
Winners and Sharing the Blues
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR will receive A Funeral in Mantova. An Aegean April goes to Lisa B. from Camino, CA. The books are going out in the mail today. If you check out the covers of both of this week's...
What Are You Reading?
It's Thursday! Time to talk about what we're reading. I'm reading all kinds of books, but I'm closest to finishing The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston. She's the author of The War Bride's Scrapbook. This one has "full-color vintage memorabilia"...
The Otter of Death by Betty Webb
Teddy Bentley is back in the U.S. after her adventures in The Puffin of Death. And, the zookeeper is as courageous and sharp as ever in Betty Webb's latest Gunn Zoo Mystery, The Otter of Death. (And, check out that cover. One of the cutest I've ever seen.)...
June Treasures in My Closet
There are so many June releases at home, especially crime fiction ones, that this may be a little overwhelming. And, because I worked on Sunday, I didn't have as much time as usual to get this ready. Here goes, though. Stephanie Butland's The Lost for Words...