Reviews + Articles
lWinners and a February Release Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Linda L. from Louisville, KY won Death in Provence. Cathryn D. of Aiken, SC won the copy of Dressed for Death in Burgundy. I'll put the books in the mail today. This week, I'm giving away two books, very different,...
What Are You Reading?
I'll be meeting with a consultant at work for much of the workday today, so I'll only have time to check in at lunchtime. I'm still interested, and I know others are, in what you're reading. As I'm writing this, I'm a third of the way through the first Chief Inspector...
An Interview with John McMahon
John McMahon is the debut author of “The Good Detective,” a fast-paced new thriller that introduces Detective P.T. Marsh. Detective Marsh is a hardened police detective barely getting by—and drinking hard—in Mason Falls, Georgia. Not too long ago, Marsh was a rising...
Murder at the Palace by Margaret Dumas
If you enjoy Jeff Cohen's mysteries involving films, or his ones with ghosts, and the humor in those books, you might want to try Margaret Dumas' first Movie Palace mystery, Murder at the Palace. Along with the mystery, there are summaries and reviews of...
Read Herring Hunt by V. M. Burns
The second Mystery Bookshop mystery by V.M. Burns, Read Herring Hunt, was as delightful as the first. Yes, it's not difficult to spot the killer in these books. But, Burns' combination of a current mystery, and the text of a historical cozy is an unusual pairing. It...
Headlong by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
Headlong is the twenty-first Detective Inspector Bill Slider mystery by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, but the first one I read. As a fan of police procedurals, I've been missing an intriguing series. Harrod-Eagles follows Shadow Play with a complex story that requires...