Reviews + Articles
Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen
Charming. Delightful. A perfect read for a weekend day. I can't say enough about Jane L. Rosen's Nine Women, One Dress. It may be the little black dress of books. I can't wait to share it with a friend. The last dress Morris Siegel cut the pattern for before...
Absence of Light by Zoe Sharp
When I look back at my blog, it appears that it's been eight years since I read one of Zoe Sharp's Charlie Fox books. That can't be right because it lists Third Strike. And, I know I read Fifth Victim. Once you've met Charlie Fox in a book, you'll never...
Winners & Terrence McCauley, Guest Blogger & Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Sandy O. from Milford, OH won E.J. Copperman's Written Off, and Cheryl S. of Fort Pierre, SD will receive Larry. D. Sweazy's See Also Deception. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Terrence McCauley,...
The Cherry Orchard and Theater
I read Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard tonight, thinking it might be a possibility for my November trip to New York and Broadway. Joel Grey and John Glover are joining Diane Lane in a new production. But, I don't think so. I don't go to a show on Broadway just...
The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan
I should have known a novel featuring a hospice nurse would be a heartbreaker. Add the dying professor and a veteran suffering from PTSD after three tours in Iraq. Then, there's the story of World War II and the aftermath. Stephen P. Kieran's The Hummingbird...
A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli
"Curiouser and curiouser." When I read Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli's first Little Library Mystery, I wished I had paid more attention to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Although the book stands on its own as a mystery, the reader is thrust...