Goodbye Again by Mariah Stewart

February 09, 2022

I liked Mariah Stewart’s second Wyndham Beach novel, Goodbye Again, so much that I suggested it to all the women in my immediate family, but I did recommend that they start with the first book, An Invincible Summer. If you like women’s fiction featuring...

Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

February 08, 2022

Mia P. Manansala’s Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mysteries are not typical cozies. There’s a depth and relevance to the series that is sometimes lacking in the genre. I’m not disparaging cozies because I read a number of them. I’m saying that...

Love and Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, food, and Love by Kim Fay.

February 07, 2022

I know marketing for books means someone is always going to compare a new book to a beloved or popular one. In this case, Kim Fay’s Love & Saffron was compared to 84, Charing Cross Road. I enjoyed Love & Saffron, and I’m recommending it to people...

Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb

February 06, 2022

I always admire J.D. Robb’s In Death novels because homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas never forgets the victims. Yes, I enjoy police procedurals, and the emphasis on the search. That’s certainly a part of these books. But, so many crime novels focus on the...

Four Thousand Days by M.J. Trow

February 05, 2022

M.J. Trow’s new historical mystery series kicks off with Four Thousand Days, a story that introduces Margaret Murray, an amateur sleuth based on an actual person. Margaret Murray was an archaeologist and junior lecturer at University College, London at the time...

What Are You Reading?

February 03, 2022

Maybe I shouldn’t have talked about the Blizzard of ’78 last week on the blog. Look what happened to the East coast last weekend! And, as I’m writing this, we’re expecting an ice storm to start tonight, and continue most of the day tomorrow...