The Heron’s Cry by Ann Cleeves

September 07, 2021

If you missed Ann Cleeves’ introduction to Detective Matthew Venn, you really should go back and read The Long Call. His character, background, marriage are all covered in that first book. Matthew’s husband, Jonathan, and the Woodyard, a community arts...

Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb

September 06, 2021

Even the investigations of crimes at New York City building sites are interesting when J.D. Robb writes about them. Forgotten in Death, the 53rd book in the Eve Dallas series is a riveting story that kept me up until I finished it. Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas...

The Dark Remains by William McIlvanney & Ian Rankin

September 05, 2021

When I saw that Ian Rankin had completed an unfinished manuscript by the late William McIlvanney, D.I. Ladlaw’s first case, I thought, “I’m in.” Bloody Scotland’s McIlvanney Prize, awarded to the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, is named...

Striking Range by Margaret Mizushima

September 04, 2021

Although Striking Range is the seventh Timber Creek K-9 mystery, the backstory that Margaret Mizushima presents is so smoothly done that new readers will be able to pick up the storyline, and it just serves as a gentle reminder for those of us who read Hanging Falls a...

What Are You Reading?

September 02, 2021

Thursday! Social media has been so hateful this week that I’m glad this is a safe place. I wasn’t involved in any of the discussions, but they weren’t pleasant to read. I’d much rather be here, talking books with all of you. Between floods,...

October Treasures in My Closet

September 01, 2021

Each month I think the list of book releases will be shorter. Happily for readers, that’s not happening. They may be harder to get because of delays in the publication and delivery process, but the books are still coming out. These are only the books I already...