And By Fire by Evie Hawtrey

May 09, 2022

Three hundred fifty years separate two pairs of detectives, but they’re linked more closely than either would suspect in Evie Hawtrey’s intriguing mystery, And By Fire. While I found the contemporary police procedural more fascinating, the storyline that...

Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

May 08, 2022

What a perfect cover for Christopher Huang’s Unnatural Ends. It’s a complex puzzle, a trap set in a North Yorkshire estate in 1921. But, the trap was planned years earlier. In April 1921, the three children of Sir Lawrence Linwood return home to Linwood...

New York, New York

May 07, 2022

I promised you pictures and the story of my recent trip to New York City to receive the Raven Award from Mystery Writers of America. There were other moments in the trip, too. I flew into New York on Wednesday, April 27. The Marriott Marquis Times Square was the hotel...

What Are You Reading?

May 05, 2022

I hope you have books to talk about today. I admit with all the excitement of the Raven Award and New York City, I haven’t really settled into a book. I keep picking up books and putting them down. Eventually, I’ll find something I really want to read. At...

June Treasures in My Closet

May 04, 2022

It’s a few days late, but at least it isn’t June yet, so you still have time to place holds at the library or pre-order you favorite books at your local bookstore. And, this month’s list isn’t as long as the ones from the last couple months....

Dangerous Consequences by Claire Booth

May 03, 2022

Claire Booth’s Sheriff Hank Worth mysteries just continue to get better. Dangerous Consequences, the fifth in the series, can be read without having read previous books. However, there are several continuing storylines, including one I wasn’t familiar with...