Reviews + Articles
Shallow Grave by Brian Thiem
Brian Thiem truly is one of those authors who writes what he knows. He spent twenty-five years with the Oakland Police Department, working homicide as a detective sergeant, and later as commander of the homicide section. He also served in the Army. Detective Matt...
A Paris All Your Own edited by Eleanor Brown
After Eleanor Brown researched her own book, The Light of Paris, she wondered why people love Paris so much. And, she was surprised to see how many female, heterosexual, white women, bestselling authors, had written about Paris. So, she went to seventeen other...
Calamity at the Continental Club by Colleen J. Shogan
I never saw an amateur sleuth so eager to investigate a crime as Congressional staffer Kit Marshall. Colleen J. Shogan's Calamity at the Continental Club, the third Washington Whodunit, provides D.C.'s buildings for Kit's playground as she and her friends look...
Winners and Give Me a D Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Jennifer H. from Indianola, IA won Ten Dead Comedians. Edited Out by E.J. Copperman will go to Pat S. from Farmington, NM. This week, I'm giving away ARCs by authors whose last name begins with D. Hannah...
What Are You Reading?
While I'm in the middle of reading for Library Journal right now, I did find the time to read a nonfiction picture book that I bought. It's so good that I'm planning to use it when/if I read to my class of third graders again this year. Suzi Eszterhas is a wildlife...
The Bookshop at Water’s End by Patti Callahan Henry
Mimi, the bookseller at Title Wave, the bookstore in Watersend, South Carolina, welcomes readers to her bookstore, a place as magic as the river. The characters revolve around the bookstore, the beginning and end of the story, a place of secrets and answers in...