Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
It’s Thursday! My favorite day of the week, thanks to all of you. I know it sounds weird to say Thursday is a favorite day, but it is. I’m looking forward to reading about your books this week. I read a book that doesn’t come out until July, but...
Breaking the Dance by Clare O’Donohue
I loved Clare O’Donohue’s first World of Spies mystery, Beyond the Pale. I’m sure it didn’t hurt that most of it took place in Ireland. But, I loved her accidental spies, the American college professors Finn and Hollis Larsson. This...
Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White
It’s been a little while since I read one of Kate White’s Bailey Weggins mysteries. This series just gets better, and there’s no reason you can’t pick it up with Such a Perfect Wife. I have a weakness for mysteries featuring...
A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary by Terry Shames
I’ll tell you the truth. I actually read Terry Shames’ latest Samuel Craddock mystery last November. At the time I received it to review for a journal, it was scheduled for a January release. Then, release date was changed. This won’t be a typical...
Agatha Award Winners
MALICE DOMESTIC announced the winners of the Agatha Awards over the weekend. Congratulations to all of the winners! Best Contemporary Novel Mardi Gras Murder by Ellen Byron (Crooked Lane Books) Best Historical Novel The Widows of Malabar Hill by...
The Body in the Wake by Katherine Hall Page
I’m the first to admit I haven’t read all twenty-five Faith Fairchild mysteries. But, twenty-five books in any series is cause for celebration. Katherine Hall Page manages to throw in a celebration as well as an issue-oriented, hit-close-to-home...