Reviews + Articles
Cheap Trills by Wendall Thomas
Monkeys and bats and snakes, oh my! Of course a new Cyd Redondo mystery would include all kinds of animals to terrorize the travel agent. But, Cyd's off to Bali on a rescue mission in Wendall Thomas' Cheap Trills. Whether she's trying to rescue her mother or...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – No Accident by Steven F. Havill
Kevin Tipple and I are both fans of Steven F. Havill's Posadas County mysteries. I'll admit, I preferred the earlier ones in the series. That often happens. No Accident is the 25th in the series. Thank you, Kevin, for another review with no spoilers. No Accident: A...
The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate diCamillo
It's been years since I read one of Kate DiCamillo's juvenile books. I read and loved her debut, Because of Winn-Dixie. I couldn't resist her first Newbery Award-winning novel, The Tale of Despereaux. And, I'll admit I picked up her new book, The Puppets of...
Wandering through Life by Donna Leon
If you recognize Donna Leon's name, it's probably from the Guido Brunetti mysteries set in Venice. Now, at eighty-one, she looks back at her own life in Wandering through Life. She admits she never had a life plan, which is why it has this title. The book is...
What Are You Reading?
It was a good week here. Last Friday, I moderated a Mystery Panel for Library Journal's Day of Dialog. The authors on the panel were Sara Paretsky, Lisa Gardner, Kellye Garrett, Kemper Donovan and Francis Spufford. Terrific panelists. We taped the panel, and it...
Dangerous Women by Mark de Castrique
If Mark de Castrique's first mystery featuring retired FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater, Secret Lives, was a little too confusing with all the cryptocurrency, try the second book, Dangerous Women. It's hard not to fall under the sway of the resourceful...