December Treasures in My Closet

November 01, 2021

The publishers are finally giving us a break, a month to catch up on all those books from October and November. I think they know we’re all a little busy in December, so the list of books isn’t quite as long for the December Treasures in My Closet. As...

Many Deadly Returns, edited by Martin Edwards

October 31, 2021

Many Deadly Returns: 21 Stories Celebrating 21 Years of Murder Squad is one of the best story collections I’ve read recently. While almost all the stories were good, more than several were excellent. Some were a little creepy, but it does say...

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

October 30, 2021

When discussing Ray Bradbury’s novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, I told friends that the movie was better. There are only a few times I’ve said that about a book and movie, but I don’t think Bradbury would have been disappointed by that...

What Are You Reading?

October 28, 2021

Well, here in my world, it’s been a much better week. But, I’m not sure about yours, with all that rain in the West and a Northeaster in the East. How are you doing? And, what are you reading this week? I’m a fourth of the way through The Mysterious...

Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray

October 25, 2021

Full disclosure. I did the cover reveal for Amita Murray’s Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death. I’ve known about the book since Agora Press/Polis Books was negotiating for the American rights to it. It was described to me as a macabre cozy, and even the...

Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer

October 24, 2021

All these years after his wonderful first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Jeffrey Archer is still one of the best storytellers in the business. The fourth book in the William Warwick series wasn’t quite what I expected, And, I’m going to say...