A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert

July 09, 2023

Victoria Gilbert, author of the Blue Ridge Library mysteries, launches the Hunter & Clewe series with A Cryptic Clue. While all the action led me to suspect the perpetrator, the two main characters are delightful. I think we’re in for a fun version of Holmes...

Crook o’Lune by E.C.R. Lorac

July 08, 2023

I don’t know what I’d do without Martin Edwards’ informative introductions when I read a British Library Crime Classic. He sets the scene, which in the case of E.C.R. Lorac’s Crook o’Lune is so important. He also provides the historical...

What Are You Reading?

July 06, 2023

Well, when I commented about weather last week, I didn’t realize how bad it would be here. I was lucky, though. We had torrential rain on Thursday, with 70 mile an hour winds, and some places had hail. We had rain during the night on Friday and Saturday. Some...

My Good Life in France by Janine Marsh

July 05, 2023

I have no idea how some of the books in my spare bedrooms arrived there. My Good Life in France by Janine Marsh is subtitled “in Pursuit of the Rural Dream”. Those of you who dream of living a pastoral life or renovating a house someplace in Europe after...

On Fire Island by Jane L. Rosen

July 04, 2023

I know some of you will stop right now when I tell you the main character of Jane L. Rosen’s novel, On Fire Island, died of cancer. That’s not a spoiler. Julia Morse is the narrator of the book, and she starts the story at her funeral. But, cancer will be...

The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry

July 03, 2023

Most of you know I’m getting ready to move in September, so you never know what book I might review as I’m going through piles. Leigh Perry’s The Skeleton Paints a Picture is six years old, but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about it. How...