Reviews + Articles

A Wintery Crime Novel Giveaway

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Susan D. of East Bridgewater, MA won A Quantum Love Story. Marla B. from Las Vegas, NV won Principles of (E)Motion. The books are in the mail. This week, I have two crime novels set in winter to give away. Simon...

What Are You Reading?

I hope you're all okay with the Nor'easter that hit the East Coast this week. I'm sure Jeff and Jackie are happy they're in Florida, and missing the weather in New York City. I'm just grateful our weather has been in the 40s. I hope everyone is okay! I'm always...

Mark Baker’s Favorites of 2023

Mark Baker's list of favorite books rounds out our lists for this year. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. I hope you all found a book or two on the Wednesday lists of favorites. I know I've enjoyed seeing books I might not have read, as well as some of the...

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita

Iris Yamashita's City Under One Roof was a Best Mystery of the Year for Library Journal last year. The debut mystery introduced an Alaskan city, Point Mettier, that houses 205 residents all in one building. Two of the women featured in that book return in leading...

Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay

Jenn McKinlay brings so many fun elements together in her latest Library Lover's Mystery, Fatal First Edition. There's a murder on a train with a closed group of suspects, a cameo appearance from Kate Carlisle's book restorer character, Brooklyn Wainwright and her...

The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany

I'm a fan of Vicki Delany's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries, and her amateur sleuth, Gemma Doyle. Although Gemma is on the periphery of the scene when the murder occurs in The Sign of Four Spirits, she works her unofficial investigation, using her knowledge of...