Murder at the Jubilee Rally by Terry Shames

October 05, 2022

Terry Shames’ last Samuel Craddock mystery, A Risky Undertaking for Loretta Singletary, came out in 2019. I couldn’t be happier that Severn House picked up the series. Shames’ latest, Murder at the Jubilee Rally, proves that neither she nor Craddock...

Righteous Prey by John Sandford

October 04, 2022

If you’re a John Sandford fan, is there anything better than a novel that unites Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers? Righteous Prey has all the witty comments and humor that only comes when two men work as a team. It’s what I loved about Robert B...

The Ghost and the Stolen Tears by Cleo Coyle

October 03, 2022

Jack Shepard is back! Well, the rest of Cleo Coyle’s cast is, too, but the ghost of Jack Shepard, the private detective killed on the site of a Rhode Island bookstore, is the biggest draw for me in Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mystery series. And, to be...

Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala

October 02, 2022

Agatha Award-winning author Mia P. Manansala takes readers back to Shady Palms, Illinois for a third mystery filled will family crisis and drama in Blackmail and Bibingka. As in Manansala’s previous mysteries, it’s also filled with Filipino foods, customs,...

Funeral Train by Laurie Loewenstein

October 01, 2022

When I reviewed Laurie Loewenstein’s Death of a Rainmaker in 2018, I considered it one of the best books I read that year, and it went on Library Journal’s Best Books list. Funeral Train, the sequel, is another atmospheric novel, although it doesn’t...

What Are You Reading?

September 29, 2022

Good morning or afternoon! I’m in Williamsburg, VA for one more day with my Mom and a sister. We’re heading home on Friday. In the meantime, I’m going to leave today’s book discussion up to all of you. Thank you for stepping up. I probably...