Reviews + Articles
Christmas Eve
I can't think of anything better to say for Christmas Eve than what I said last year, with a few changes. Family, food, travel, Christmas movies. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are probably two days when most people are too busy to pick up a book. (Of course, if...
Mystery Series From the Beginning
'Tis the season means it takes a little while to get through books. I just received Anne Cleeland's latest book, Murder in Hindsight. She's going to kick off the 2016 book giveaways by giving away all three books in her Scotland Yard mystery series. And, I'm...
Stillwater by Melissa Lenhardt
Stillwater, Texas. The town in Melissa Lenhardt's first Jack McBride mystery is as bleak and dark as it sounds. But, McBride isn't one of those perfect saints, a lawman who comes into town to clean up the place. McBride's brooding, angry personality...
100 Deadly Skills by Clint Emerson
If I put fifty book covers in front of you, would you guess that the book I finished was Clint Emerson's100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation? No, I haven't gone survivalist on you....
Triple Time with Crime and Music by Holstine, Love, Zgorski
We - Kristopher Zgorski, Dru Ann Love, and I are at it again and this time we are highlighting some of our favorite songs that focus on the criminal elements, as we all know that, what’s a mystery without a crime. Thanks to Krisopher who came up with this idea....
I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni
Maurizio de Giovanni's I Will Have Vengeance: The Winter of Commissario Ricciardi, introduces a fascinating detective. And, Anne Milano Appel's translation captures the spirit of the man, while her closing afterword summarizes historical and opera facts to make the...