Kevin’s Corner Annex – An American in Scotland

June 21, 2023

I spent last evening reviewing a book set in Ireland, Sarah Stewart Taylor’s A Stolen Child. I’m guest host for her for a virtual event tonight at The Poisoned Pen, so I wanted to refresh my memory since I actually read the book several months ago. Here...

A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor

June 20, 2023

I’ll admit Sarah Stewart Taylor’s atmospheric depiction of Ireland stole my heart in her first Maggie D’arcy mystery, The Mountains Wild. Now, the fourth in the series, A Stolen Child, is a solid police procedural with plot twists to keep the reader...

Malibu Burning by Lee Goldberg

June 19, 2023

Lee Goldberg, author of the Eve Ronin novels, takes us back to the same area of California for Malibu Burning, a fast-paced, sometimes humorous story of a con man on a collision course with an arson investigator and his new partner. October is fire season in southern...

“Missing in the Snow” by Ann Cleeves

June 18, 2023

Here’s something a little different, a Shetland Short Story by Ann Cleeves. “Missing in the Snow” brings Jimmy Perez back to the Shetlands at Tosh’s request. She wants his help in finding a missing author, a man who disappeared from the...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Snakebit by Paul Doiron

June 17, 2023

When Kevin Tipple sent the review of Paul Doiron’s Snakebit, he said, “While they bill it as a short story, it’s really a novella.” If you’re a fan of Doiron’s Mike Bowditch books, you might want to look for this one. It’s...

What Are You Reading?

June 15, 2023

Weather seems so applicable today. I went from reading a Christmas mystery set in Scotland to a Halloween mystery set in Vermont, with the appropriate weather for both settings and seasons. And, both books are due out in October, but I’m going to only discuss...