Reviews + Articles
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...
Cursed to Death by Bill Crider
Bill Crider and Sheriff Dan Rhodes examine relationships in the third in the Dan Rhodes mystery series, Cursed to Death. Although I'm reading the series in order, I'm looking at the books so I can discuss more than Crider's great characters. If I was only to talk...
Giveaway – Romance & STEM
I have a giveaway this week, but I'm going to end it on Wednesday, Feb. 14. That gives me a couple days to get to the post office. I just wanted to point out the deadline so you notice it, if you're interested in the books. Both books are about romance and STEM....
What Are You Reading?
If you're one of our California friends, I hope you're okay. I think Mark is the one who is the furthest south, while others are in northern California. Thinking of you all with that rain. I'm liking our weather here. 50s, and maybe even 60 on Friday, with...