Reviews + Articles

August Treasures in My Closet

Let me talk about Treasures in My Closet for a moment. This piece started when I was working as a public librarian, and our books were ordered far in advance. If readers waited too late to place holds, they would be quite far down on the list, so I wrote Treasures...

The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird

Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan is out of his element when he’s called to investigate a murder in Catherine Aird’s The Stately Home Murder. This mystery is a humorous look inside the home of the Thirteenth Earl of Ornum and his extended family, cousins,...

Summer Cold

A summer cold is not conducive to reading. So, I’m going to check in, and crawl back under my afghan, knowing I’ll feel better tomorrow. It’s just a...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Sex and Death on the Beach by Elaine Viets

I’m just getting into my next book, so it was time to share one of Kevin Tipple’s reviews. It’s been a number of years since I read one of Elaine Viet’s books. She’s kicking off a new series with Sex and Death on the Beach. Sex and...

Death at the White Hart by Chris Chibnall

I never saw “Broadchurch”, so I have no idea how Chris Chibnall’s debut mystery, Death at the White Hart compares to the show. Chibnall is the creator of “Broadchurch”. Now, he gives us a solid police procedural with an interesting...

Family Trip and What Are You Reading?

Last week, my family went to Shipshewana and Middlebury, Indiana. That’s Amish and Mennonite country. Although we have Amish country in Ohio, we don’t see as many horses and buggies as we did in LaGrange County, Indiana. I did most of the driving, and I...