Reviews + Articles
Orchestrated Death by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
I didn't know how the first Bill Slider mystery would hold up. I hadn't read any of the books in the series when I received the most recent one, Headlong, for review. I'm a fan of police procedurals, and this book introduced me to a group of fascinating...
The Overnight Kidnapper by Andrea Camilleri
Whether it's the actual writing or the translation by Stephen Sartarelli, the twenty-third book in the Inspector Montalbano mystery series, The Overnight Kidnapper, has enough humor involving the office staff at the police department to make it a Sicilian...
A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn
I recently mentioned the Veronica Speedwell series, and a fellow librarian said it was one of his favorite series. Yes, mine too. Deanna Raybourn's adventurous Victorian lepidopterist and her fellow natural scientist, Stoker, are intelligent and witty with...
Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang
I love the setting of Essie Lang's new mystery and series. Trouble on the Books is a Castle Bookshop Mystery. Bayside Books is located in Alexandria Bay in upstate New York. The second location for the store is in Blye Castle on Blye Island. The setting is more...
A Case of Bier by Mary Daheim
If you like the title of Mary Daheim's latest Bed-and-Breakfast mystery, A Case of Bier, you'll probably enjoy the book more than I did. I'm not a fan of broad humor, the hit you in the face, Three Stooges type of humor. But, this is the thirty-first book in the...
Winners and Give Me an H Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Anita Y. from Barnesville, GA won A Deadly Divide. John S. of Iowa City, IA will receive Watcher in the Woods. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I'm giving away books with authors whose...