Reviews + Articles
TLC Book Tour – The Dead Key by D.M. Pulley
I love the premise of D.M. Pulley's debut novel, The Dead Key. In 1998, a structural engineer evaluating a bank that's for sale discovers that the safe deposit boxes in the bank's vaults are still there, locked. And, what it makes it even more intriguing is that...
Dancing with Rose by Lauren Kessler
In some ways, Lauren Kessler's Dancing with Rose picks up where Lisa Genova's Still Alice left off. Genova left Alice sitting in her kitchen, aware she was sinking deeper into Alzheimer's. Dancing with Rose looks at it from the caretaker's point of view....
A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames
Terry Shames knows there's crime in small communities, just as there is in large cities. And, she's not afraid to talk about the cruelty and victimization that goes on in a small town. A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge, her latest mystery featuring Samuel...
Winners and a Purrfectly Fine Mysteries Giveway
Congratulations to the winners of The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook, edited by Kate White. It's hard to believe out of all those entries both copies are going to Michigan. Kathy C. from Farmington Hills and Willetta H. from Dearborn will receive copies from...
A Scourge of Vipers by Bruce DeSilva
I'm a fan of crime novels featuring investigative journalists, whether the reporter is Bruce DeSilva's Liam Mulligan, Brad Parks' Carter Ross, Bryan Gruley's Gus Carpenter or Hank Phillippi Ryan's Jane Ryland. They're determined people, perfect sleuths, working...
Donna Andrews, Mystery Writers of America and Women
2015 marks the 70th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America (MWA), and the 69th year for the Edgar Awards, the awards that honor the best in mystery fiction, nonfiction, play and television writing. The 2015 Edgar Awards will be presented in New York City on...