Reviews + Articles
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
Amy Chua manages to incorporate history, social conditions, racism, and mystery in her debut mystery, The Golden Gate. Set in 1944, Chua was inspired by a ghost story about the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, California, as well as Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's year-long...
Murder at Midnight by Katharine Schellman
September. Isn't this when we all start thinking of Christmas mysteries? Maybe not, but I'm always ready for an Agatha Christie-style mystery set in an isolated location. Katharine Schellman's Murder at Midnight just happens to fall during the Christmas season....
Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manasala
Murder and Mamon is the fourth in Mia P. Manasala's Tita Rosie's Kitchen series. This one, though, is a little different from the other books, ones that introduce the Filipino-American food and culture. Although, there is still a good deal of food in this one, some...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Styx & Stone by James W. Ziskin
Due to technical problems, on my end, not on Rosemary Kaye's, I'll have to postpone the additional posts from the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Once I'm back online, I"ll get things figured out. As of today, I won't have Internet again until sometime on...
What Are You Reading?
I finished a book! Of course, that's because I still had two books to read for Library Journal. I pack and throw out papers, and then, when I can't take it anymore, I quit for the day. Next Thursday, if everything goes right, I'll be in my new place, with WiFi...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Thank you, again, and again, and again, to Kevin Tipple for his reviews. Before I run his review of J.D. Robb's first In Death novel, let me give you the link to Kevin's own site. If you haven't checked it out, you should. When you see that his site is called...