Reviews + Articles

Tim Dorsey, RIP

Update - Thank you to Deb for sending the link to the Tampa Bay Times with Tim Dorsey's obituary. https://bit.ly/3uE8zIZ So, this is a little unusual for me. I can't find a verified source that says author Tim Dorsey died this week. However, Ace Atkins reported it...

Murder on Tour by V.M. Burns

While I always enjoy catching up with Samantha Washington, her grandmother, Nana Jo, and Nana Jo's friends, I have to admit my favorite part of V.M. Burns' mysteries is the parallel historical mystery in each of them. In Murder on Tour, Samantha's debut historical...

Murder Most Royal by SJ Bennett

I know SJ Bennett intends to go back in Queen Elizabeth's life for future mysteries in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates series. There's just something a little sad about Murder Most Royal, though. While this third book is my favorite in the series so far,...

The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

Nita Prose's debut mystery, The Maid, was a hit, nominated for six awards, and winner of The Ned Kelly Award for Best International Crime Novel. While I liked it, I liked The Mystery Guest even more, the book that marks the return of Molly Gray. Three years after...

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

Of course, I know Nalini Singh's name. She's written over fifty books, and I ordered them all the time for the library. There Should Have Been Eight is the first I've read. Think Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, set in New Zealand's Southern Alps. How...

What Are You Reading?

Thank you to everyone who dropped by yesterday, wished me Happy Thanksgiving, and even shared your Thanksgiving meals here. It's just part of being friends, isn't it? I had a wonderful Thanksgiving afternoon at my sister's and brother-in-law's. I already told you...