Death in Heels by Kitty Murphy

January 14, 2023

Death in Heels is Kitty Murphy’s first Dublin Drag Mystery. I’ll admit right up front that it wasn’t the drag queens I had trouble with; it was the protagonist, Fi McKinnery. Although the drag community at TRASH, a Dublin drag club had a number of...

What Are You Reading?

January 12, 2023

Are you all okay out in California? I worry about you whenever I see pictures on the news, although I knew you’ve been okay so far. Let’s talk about next week’s schedule for a moment. Glen’s Favorites of 2022 will be up on Tuesday, Jan. 17. I...

Jeff Meyerson’s Favorite Books of 2022

January 11, 2023

I think we’re lucky that some of our avid readers agree to share their favorite books every year. Jeff Meyerson was the one who originally suggested that we talk books on Thursdays for “What Are You Reading?” I’m always grateful for his...

City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

January 10, 2023

One reason I found the concept for Iris Yamashita’s debut mystery so intriguing is because I had seen the CBS Sunday Morning feature about Whittier, Alaska. Yamashita’s City Under One Roof is set in the fictional town of Point Mettier, Alaska, but her...

The Game is A Footnote by Vicki Delany

January 09, 2023

Tricky, tricky. Vicki Delany’s latest Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery takes an unexpected turn two thirds of the way through the book with the arrival of Gemma Doyle’s sister, Pippa. The Game is A Footnote went from a small local mystery of a haunted...

Courting Dragons by Jeri Westerson

January 08, 2023

Jeri Westerson, author of the Crispin Guest medieval noir mysteries, kicks off a new historical mystery series with Courting Dragons. Will Somers actually was the jester to Henry VIII through his reign, then jester to all of Henry’s children, including Elizabeth...