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What Are You Reading?
Although we're expecting icy rain overnight, I have no weather complaints for this past week, other than it was cold. And, I did nothing exciting this week, except read. So, I can move on right to books. Don't forget tomorrow is Favorites Friday. Lindy will have a...
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
While I enjoyed Deanna Raybourn's second book featuring her retired spies, Kills Well with Others, I preferred the first in the series, Killers of a Certain Age. It's not the author's fault that I've read so many books since then that feature senior sleuths or spies....
Bonded in Death by J.D. Robb
J.D. Robb's Bonded in Death is the sixtieth book in her "In Death" series, but it may be the best in the series. She's still at the top of her game, bringing Lieutenant Eve Dallas a crime from the past. When Giovanni Rossi was killed in a limo in New York City, the...
Stone Certainty by Simon R. Green
The Holy Terrors are back in Simon R. Green's second mystery to feature them, but I found Stone Certainty a little disappointing. There's a line in the book that usually describes Green's books, "Hip-deep in sudden death, with supernatural elements." The deaths came...
The Killing Plains by Sherry Rankin
The writing in Sherry Rankin's debut mystery, The Killing Plains, shows why she won the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Debut Dagger Award. Set in Crescent Bluff, West Texas, it's a gritty, atmospheric story. Colly Newland retired from the Houston police department...
March Treasures in My Closet
Oh, I think anyone who loves books will be able to find a book in the March Treasures in My Closet. There's a wonderful collection of books coming out in March. We'll jump right in. Let's start with a debut, 33 Place Brugmann by Alice Austen. On the eve of the Nazi...