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Book Chat – March Cozy Mysteries from Berkley Prime Crime
I had to find a napping Jinx so he could have his cameo this month. Here are the March releases from Berkley Prime Crime. The Silence of the Flans by Laura Bradford (2nd Emergency Dessert Squad Mystery) Pekoe Most Poison by Laura Childs (18th Tea Shop Mystery,...
A Cold Case by Peter Turnbull
He had me with the title, A Cold Case. I'm a sucker for cold cases. Peter Turnbull launches a new mystery series with this book. If future ones are as convoluted as this one, I'll be waiting. I'll also be rooting for the well-developed main character. Maurice Mundy...
Winners, and Not So Sweet Home Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Libby D. from Boca Raton, FL won Carola Dunn's Requiem for a Mezzo. Melanie W. from South Huntington, NY won Murder on a Summer's Day. The books are going out today. Home isn't quite so sweet in this week's...
What Are You Reading?
Well, whatever I review on Saturday will be as big a surprise to me as to you. I just finished the ten mysteries for the April mystery column, so I have an enormous TBR pile. Unlimited choices! But, choices to be made. And, you'll get to read about those mysteries...
Tucson Festival of Books
Last year, I went to Phoenix for Left Coast Crime, and I realized how much I missed Arizona in March. Well, let's face it, I always miss Arizona. But, I'm going back this year. I've also missed the Tucson Festival of Books. It's a two-day festival held on the...
The Happy Hollisters
The Stratemeyer Syndicate published more than Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, the Bobbsey Twins and Tom Swift. They published a series of thirty-three books by "Jerry West", whose real name was Andrew E. Svenson. My sister, Linda, and I devoured these books on a...