Reviews + Articles
The Graves by Pamela Wechsler
It's obvious that Pamela Wechsler has legal background and television writing experience. She's written for Law and Order and other legal TV shows. She was a criminal prosecutor. She brings all of that knowledge to The Graves, following up, Mission Hill, the...
Your Killin’ Heart by Peggy O’Neal Peden
Peden's debut mystery, winner of The Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition, introduces a sparkling amateur sleuth. Campbell Hale is bright and loyal. She's also a little too nosy and, she admits, "a little too honest". She's the...
Love & Death in Burgundy by Susan C. Shea
Susan C. Shea launches the French Village Mystery series with Love & Death in Burgundy. Filled with descriptions of a charming village, eccentric characters, and humorous conversations, readers who miss Rhys Bowen's Evan Evans mysteries might want to check it...
What Are You Reading?
What are you reading this weekend? I'm finishing up Carolyn Hart's last Death on Demand mystery, Walking on My Grave. There's something sad about reading a book when the author says she's wrapping up the series. And, it's sad to see Carolyn Hart and Margaret Maron,...
Winners and A Cat & Dog Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Page I. from Fairview, NC won Deanna Raybourn's A Curious Beginning. Malice at the Palace by Rhys Bowen is heading to Caitlin M. from Minden, NV. The books are going out today. This week, I'm giving away...
Too Lucky to Live by Annie Hogsett
Annie Hogsett's debut mystery is one of the most entertaining I've read this year. When Allie Harper, the narrator says, "I have always felt that with some training, I'd make an excellent P.I. A cross between V.I. Warshawski and Kinsey Millhone, with a dash of...