Reviews + Articles
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...
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...
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...
Murder in Mayfair by D.M. Quincy
Fans of Georgette Heyer’s Regency romances or Charles Finch’s Charles Lenox mysteries will want to try D.M. Quincy’s debut historical mystery, Murder in Mayfair. The wit, clothing and setting brings Regency London to life in a mystery with...
If the Haunting Fits, Wear It by Rose Pressey
Rose Pressey’s latest Haunted Vintage Mystery, If the Haunting Fits, Wear It, is as frothy as the artwork on the cover. Put together vintage clothing and several ghosts, and the reader heads off for Kentucky Derby Week with Cookie Chanel, the amateur sleuth....