Reviews + Articles
Winners and A Thousand Miles to Freedom Giveaway
The winners of the last giveaways are both out west. Ellie L. from Albuquerque, NM will receive Michael Sears' Long Way Down. And, Reine C. from Tucson, AZ won the copy of Larry D. Sweazy's See Also Murder. Congratulations! This week, I have an unusual title to...
August Book Chat – Cozy Mysteries from Penguin’s Berkley Prime Crime & Obsidian
I owe author Nancy Martin an apology. My chat about her book, A Little Night Murder, was edited incorrectly due to cat misadventures. Jinx and Josh are both in today's book chat, and two cats led to a couple problems. Here's the list of August's cozy paperback...
What are you reading?
I spent the evening last night scaring poor Josh while I vacuumed, packing for a weekend trip to New York (Southwest, not Delta, so hopefully we get there and back okay), and doing wash. No reading time. I am reading Susan Crandall's book about a trio of...
The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey's crime novels are set in Chicago, a city with a reputation for dirty politics and strong, determined people. And, his private investigator, Michael Kelly, embodies all the strength and a determination to clean up some of the dirt. Kelly takes on an...
Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams
Somehow, I missed Ellery Adams' latest Charmed Pie Shoppe mystery when it came out a few months ago. If any series of cozy mysteries has a cast of strong females, it's this one. Time and again, Ella Mae LaFaye, her mother and aunts must face the evil in the world....
Death of an English Muffin by Victoria Hamilton
Victoria Hamilton's Merry Muffin mysteries are engaging cozy mysteries with an unusual setting, a castle in Autumn Vale, New York. And, Merry Wynter is a courageous widow who inherited Wynter Castle in her late thirties. Now, she's determined to hang onto it....