Reviews + Articles

Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot by Simon Brett

While Simon Brett's fourth Mrs. Pargeter's book, Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh, was my favorite in the series so far, I had a hard time getting through Mrs. Pargeter's Plot. The entire situation was a little too bizarre for me. Mrs. P is having a house built on...

Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman

According to Laura Lippman, Mrs. Muriel Blossom first appeared in the novel Another Thing to Fall in 2008. Lippman admits readers occasionally called her out for being ageist and anti-fat when it came to Mrs. Blossom, who did surveillance for PI Tess Monaghan at one...

What Are You Reading?

Thursday! My favorite day of the week! No matter how I'm feeling, I love to talk with all of you about what you're doing and what you're reading. I needed a down week, and I've had a couple quiet days. Went to my brother-in-law's for dinner last night. He makes the...

A Most Contagious Game by Catherine Aird

I'm looking forward to reading Catherine Aird's Inspector C.D. Sloan books, but once I read A Most Contagious Game, I regret that she only wrote this one standalone. It's such an exceptional "classic British mystery". I couldn't put this one down. Unfortunately, it...

Down for the Count

I drove home from my Mom's today, which takes some of my energy. So, I didn't blog yesterday, and there isn't one for today. I'll work on Wednesday's. I'm sorry, but I didn't have energy, and I know Kevin is down for the count, maybe for the week. I'll be back...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens

While I'm up home visiting with family, Kevin Tipple has been working hard to bring you book reviews. I'm not familiar with today's thriller author, Mark Stevens. Thank you, Kevin, for your review of No Lie Lasts Forever. Mark Steven’s last book, The Fireballer, was a...