Kevin’s Corner Annex – “The Havana Run” by Ace Atkins

June 17, 2024

Well, I hate to write to my review editor and tell her I had the wrong date on my calendar for this month’s reviews. That means I’m reading frantically again for a couple days. I do have a review already posted for tomorrow. So, I’m happy that I had...

A Clock Stopped Dead by J.M. Hall

June 16, 2024

I made a few mistakes with J.M. Hall’s A Clock Stopped Dead. First, I thought this cozy British mystery was the first in the series featuring retired teachers Pat, Liz, and Thelma. It’s actually the third. A Spoonful of Murder is the first. I guess my...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Clete by James Lee Burke

June 15, 2024

James Lee Burke’s latest novel, Clete, was just released. Kevin Tipple jumped on the chance to read and review it, so I want to share his review. But, before I do that, I want to mention something Kevin seldom talks about. He’s recently had three short...

What Are You Reading?

June 13, 2024

The weather has been great, and I enjoyed my trip home for my mother’s birthday. I know how much she enjoyed it. Her three daughters were home. Her granddaughter came to visit on Friday evening. And, two of her “adopted” daughters, my sisters’...

Mud Season by Susan Stewart Taylor

June 12, 2024

Susan Stewart Taylor’s first Bethany, Vermont mystery, Agony Hill, is scheduled for release on August 6. In the meantime, she introduces one of her main characters, as well as the town of Bethany, in her short story “Mud Season”. Taylor, the author...

Hope to Die by Cara Hunter

June 11, 2024

I can’t praise Cara Hunter’s sixth DI Adam Fawley crime novel enough. Hope to Die is everything a police procedural should be, with a solid team of police officers, a thoughtful lead, and a complex case that contains twists even up until the last chapter....