The Last Commandment by Scott Shepherd

July 13, 2021

When reading The Last Commandment, it’s obvious author Scott Shepherd wrote for TV shows such as The Equalizer and Miami Vice. Although it’s labeled “An Austin Grant of Scotland Yard Novel”, a story about a man’s final case, even the...

Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman

July 12, 2021

Katharine Schellman’s debut historical mystery, The Body in the Garden, was one of my favorite books of 2020. Her second Lily Adler mystery, Silence in the Library, is even better. She manages to include topics of racism, classism, women’s independence,...

Ghost Blows a Kiss by Carolyn Hart

July 11, 2021

Anyone looking for a template for a traditional mystery could take a lesson or two from a master. Carolyn Hart’s Ghost Blows a Kiss is reminiscent of the Agatha Christie novels in which the family of a dying man gather, hoping they are heirs to the fortune. In...

The Parting Glass by Lissa Marie Redmond

July 10, 2021

Despite allusions to Buffalo Police Detective Lauren Riley’s Icelandic adventures in A Full Cold Moon, there’s no reason a newcomer to the series can’t pick up The Parting Glass. I admit that it’s more interesting if you’re already...

What Are You Reading?

July 08, 2021

First, how are you all, especially those of you on the east coast? I hope Tropical Storm Elsa isn’t treating you too badly. I spent eighteen years living on Florida’s Gulf Coast, so I know what it’s like to deal with tropical storms and hurricane...

Little Black Book by Kate Carlisle

July 07, 2021

Before discussing Kate Carlisle’s fifteenth Bibliophile mystery, Little Black Book, I wanted to praise the cover artist. Because I read a .PDF, I have no idea who Berkley picked for the artist, but this cover is just stunning, and details are so accurate, from...