Reviews + Articles
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 murder...
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 a...
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 be...
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 of...
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...
The Dress in the Window by Sofia Grant
It's release day for Sophie Littlefield's historical novel, The Dress in the Window, written under the name Sofia Grant. The character-driven book takes readers back to the period from 1948 to 1952, a time when women who lost men in the war had to find a way to make a...