Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
It’s been a rough week, hasn’t it? Last Thursday, everything was still normal. I don’t live in one of the areas hit by Hurricane Helene, but I’m still in shock. My family knows people or knows of people who were affected, several who lost...
A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
Maxie Dara’s debut SCYTHE mystery wasn’t at all what I expected. A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer was better than I expected with more humor and a lot more love. Kathy Valence is forty-two, mid-divorce, and six months pregnant with her...
No Treasures Today
I know this is the day you normally expect Treasures in My Closet for the November books. I’m sorry. I’m just not feeling it right now. I spent the weekend with family, but, like many of you, I spent time worrying about family and friends in North...
The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson by Terry Shames
Earlier this year, when Terry Shames launched her Jessie Madison series set in the Bahamas, I worried that she was leaving Samuel Craddock behind. Not to worry. She recently signed a contract to continue both series. And, with The Troubling Death of Maddy Benson,...
Sunday Spotlight – Terry Shames
I’m so pleased to host Terry Shames for a Sunday Spotlight. I’ve been a fan of her Samuel Craddock series since 2013 when she came out with A Killing at Cotton Hill. It went on to win the 2014 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Shames launched a...
Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge by Kjersti Herland Johnsen
Although I read Kjersti Herland Johnsen’s Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge as a mystery, it would be better to read it as a Hallmark style book set in a small Norwegian village. Translated to English by Olivia Lasky, the book is filled with Norwegian Christmas...