Reviews + Articles
Book Chat – August Cozy Mysteries from Berkley
This is not my best book chat. In fact, when editing, I missed one of the titles. Fortunately, I have Jinx to blame. He was a little distracting this time. It always takes me a while to film this because he insists on sitting in front of the camera, purring away....
Dead, To Begin With by Bill Crider
"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that." With the opening lines of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as the inspiration for his new mystery, Bill Crider challenges Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Is Jake Marley's death accidental or...
Besieged by Kevin Hearne
Travel back in time, and all over the world with a two-thousand-year-old Irish Druid in Kevin Hearne's story collection, Besieged. Atticus O'Sullivan relates some of his adventures to his apprentice, Granuaile, and his Irish wolfhound, Oberon. There are...
Winners & No Contest This Week
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. G.B. from East Lansing, MI won the copy of Kate Carlisle's Once Upon a Spine. Betsy L. from Midlothian, VA won A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett. I'll put them in the mail tomorrow. There's no contest this week. I'll...
Another Man’s Ground by Claire Booth
Local History and culture. Politics. And, of course, murder. Branson, Missouri's Sheriff Hank Worth faces it all in Claire Booth's Another Man's Ground. It's an outstanding police procedural with touches of humor throughout. When Vern Miles reports the theft...
What Are You Reading?
I hope you're all around today because I'm a day early with this question. I promised Thursday for a book review - go figure. I'll be reviewing Claire Booth's second Hank Worth mystery set in Branson, Missouri, Another Man's Ground. In fact, that's what I'm...