Reviews + Articles
Death at a Scottish Christmas by Lucy Connelly
The third Scottish Isle mystery by Lucy Connelly, Death at a Scottish Christmas, didn't quite live up to the earlier ones, in my opinion. While I loved the concept, there were too many other elements in the story. Dr. Emilia McRoy never had a month off when she...
The Arizona Triangle by Sydney Graves
Sydney Graves introduces Jo Bailen, a hardboiled PI based in Tucson in the first in a proposed series, The Arizona Triangle. Jo is a queer woman, almost forty, who works for an all female detective agency, and lands in the middle of a case involving her own past....
Good Morning
It is a good morning here. I'm visiting my Mom, and enjoying our time together. Reading a lot. That doesn't help you or my blog right now, but in a few months, it will. Enjoy your...
Winners and No Contest
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Donna S. from Milford, CT won Death at the Sanatorium. The Dark Wives will go to Lynn T. from Madison, WI. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. There won't be any contest for the next couple weeks since...
What Are You Reading?
Thirty-four degrees! It was thirty-four here when I got up this morning. Too cold for me, and I know it's only going to get colder in the winter. We are going to have temperatures in the 70s by the weekend. More my type of weather. I'm up at my Mom's through the...
Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise
Two years ago, I fell in love with the illustrations and the little owl in Christopher Denise's picture book, Knight Owl. It went on to become a Caldecott Honor Book, which means it's celebrated for the illustrations. Yesterday was release date for the second in...