A Lady’s guide to Mischief and Mayhem by Manda Collins

February 14, 2021

While I enjoyed Manda Collins’ A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem, what she refers to as a combination of historical suspense and romance, I have to agree with Anne, a reader who commented earlier. I’m not going to blame the author, but someone at...

A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd

February 13, 2021

I like Charles Todd’s Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries more than I do the Bess Crawford ones. However, I was disappointed in A Fatal Lie, the latest in the series. Chief Superintendent Markham of Scotland Yard is not happy with Rutledge, so he assigns him a case...

What Are You Reading?

February 11, 2021

What are you reading this week? Are you reading? Even though I was home yesterday because we have icy, slick roads and more expected during evening hours, I didn’t read much. I spent the entire day riveted to the impeachment hearings. No matter what happens,...

A Tourist’s Guide to Murder by V.M. Burns

February 10, 2021

It’s been a few years since I read one of the books in V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series. A Tourist’s Guide to Murder reminds me how much I enjoy the cast and the parallel storylines in these books. Samantha Washington, owner of Market Street...

When Harry Met Minnie by Martha Teichner

February 08, 2021

When Martha Teichner says, “Humor takes courage”, she could also say this book takes courage. It took courage to write When Harry Met Minnie, and a type of courage to read the book, knowing this is a nonfiction book that involves death and tears. Teichner...

The Lost Manuscript by Cathy Bonidan

February 07, 2021

Who do you give credit to when a novel in translation is beautiful and moving? Did I read Cathy Bonidan’s The Lost Manuscript? How much input did the translator, Emma Ramadan, have? I’ll never know, but kudos to both of them for the feelings this...