Kevin’s Corner Annex – The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson

November 11, 2023

I do have a couple reviews lined up for next week, but Kevin Tipple always seems to know when I’m reading on deadline. Today, he’s sharing his review of Craig Johnson’s The Longmire Defense. Thank you, Kevin. The Longmire Defense by Craig Johnson...

Murder Checks Out by Victoria Gilbert

November 10, 2023

Victoria Gilbert always takes murder seriously in her Blue Ridge Library mysteries. That doesn’t mean she can’t celebrate the Christmas season with “The Nutcracker”, Winterfest, Christmas trees, food, and family in Murder Checks Out. It’s...

What Are You Reading?

November 09, 2023

After I went to the Buckeye Book Fair on Saturday, the rest of the week has been quiet. I like days that I’m home and can read. I’m excited about the book I’m reading right now, Loreth Anne White’s The Unquiet Bones. It’s a cold case....

My Cousin Skinny by E.J. Copperman

November 08, 2023

What can be worse than returning home to a cousin’s wedding, and facing a judgmental mother and older sister? For Sandy Moss, in E.J. Copperman’s My Cousin Skinny, it’s seeing the bride-to-be covered in blood while insisting she wants Sandy as her...

Deus X by Stephen Mack Jones

November 07, 2023

I read Stephen Mack Jones’ fourth August Snow mystery, Deus X, twice. It was just as good the second time around. Jones manages to tell an engrossing story dealing with organized religion while also handling found family in a violent, sometimes humorous account....

Calico by Lee Goldberg

November 06, 2023

Lee Goldberg’s Calico might be harder to summarize and review than even Louise Penny’s books. There’s not a good way to describe this book without spoilers, but I’m going to try. Beth McDade is a former LAPD detective. After the scandal she was...