May treasures in My Closet

April 01, 2024

I hope the extensive April post for Treasures in My Closet didn’t give you false expectations. I don’t have as many May releases here. Of course, I’m sure there are many I missed. Let me know what you’re anticipating, please. Disturbing the...

Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

March 30, 2024

Although I was given Freya Sampson’s Nosy Neighbors to review as a mystery, there’s very little mystery in this enjoyable novel. It’s set in Chalcot, a small English village, the same setting as Sampson’s The Last Chance Library. I’d...

What Are You Reading?

March 28, 2024

I went to my niece’s birthday dinner on Monday, and that was the highlight of the week – chicken cordon bleu and chocolate lava cake. Nothing special the rest of the week. And, for those os who participate weekly, Jeff Meyerson is on his way home from...

The Innocents by Bridget Walsh

March 27, 2024

Anyone who enjoyed Bridget Walsh’s first Variety Palace Mystery, The Tumbling Girl, will want to return to Victorian England for the second historical mystery, The Innocents. Readers really should pick up the first book before this one, though, with the return...

Off the Air by Christina Estes

March 26, 2024

Emmy Award-winning reporter Christina Estes tackles two subjects she knows in her mystery debut; TV journalism and Phoenix. Her Tony Hillerman Prize-winning debut is Off the Air. Phoenix TV reporter Jolene Garcia is always trying to top her last story and beat the...

A Deadly Walk in Devon by Nicholas George

March 25, 2024

How about a new cozy mystery series that involves walking tours set in England? Although most of Nicholas George’s A Deadly Walk in Devon involves the murder investigation, the early part of the book describes the scenery and background of Exmoor in northern...