Reviews + Articles
Caught Dead Handed by Carol J. Perry
What better setting for a Halloween mystery than Salem, Massachusetts? Carol J. Perry launched her Witch City Mysteries by bringing her amateur sleuth home to Salem in Caught Dead Handed. And, Salem doesn't disappoint the reader. Lee Barrett returns home from...
Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves
Sometimes, I forget how much I love police procedurals. Then I read a book such as Ann Cleeves' latest Vera Stanhope mystery, Harbour Street. Cleeves makes me regret every book I'm reading that is not a procedural. Just before Christmas, Detective Joe Ashworth...
Favorite Gift Books
When I received all of these books yesterday, I joked on Facebook that they were all presents from Santa. Well, they weren't really from Santa. But, I do appreciate the books from publishers, authors, and agents. Over the years, I've received wonderful gifts from...
Winners and the last Christmas Mystery Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Joyce I. from Porter Ranch, CA won the personalized copy of Cleo Coyle's Dead to the Last Drop. And, I'll be sending a copy to Judy M. from Bradenton, FL. It's time for the last giveaway of Christmas mysteries....
Like Family by Paolo Giordano
If Paolo Giordano actually means his characters are Like Family, it's a sad little family in his latest novel. It's a novel that leaves readers with more questions than answers. The unnamed narrator and his wife, Nora, have been married ten years. For most of those...
Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Werewolves, and vampires, and Picklemen, oh, my! The opening I used in my review of Gail Carriger's third Finishing School novel,Waistcoats & Weaponry, still fits for the concluding book in her young adult steampunk series. Manners & Mutiny has all the...