Favorite Books, January through June 2025

July 13, 2025

I’m running a little late this year because I forgot about this. Years ago, Jen Forbus asked me to list my favorite books in the first half of the year. And, I always say that just because I pick books in July, it doesn’t mean they’ll be on my list...

The Crime Brulee Bake off by Rebecca Connolly

July 12, 2025

It took me forever to finish The Crime Brulee Bake Off by Rebecca Connolly. I liked the two main characters so much that I didn’t want to leave them behind. It’s a contemporary mystery with a touch of the past, only because it’s set on an English...

What Are You Reading?

July 10, 2025

I’m writing this at 3:30 PM on Wednesday. Linda and I went to “Hamilton” on Wednesday night. I’ll tell you what I think on a note on Friday. I am looking forward to it. I did forget, though, that I have a morning appointment today. I have to be...

Murder Among the Owls by Bill Crider

July 08, 2025

First, before I review the fourteenth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, Murder Among the Owls by Bill Crider, just a note that I heard from Crider’s son-in-law, Tom Neary. He said there will be news about the rerelease of the series within a few weeks. I’ll pass...

Rage by Linda Castillo

July 06, 2025

Tuesday is release day for Linda Castillo’s latest Kate Burkholder mystery, Rage. I’ll be honest. I didn’t find this one near as disturbing and violent as her last one, The Burning. Although the victims were young, naive Amish, I was more upset when...

A Novel Murder by E.C. Nevin

July 05, 2025

It’s obvious that the author of A Novel Murder, a debut mystery, knows her way around the publishing industry and literary festivals. This isn’t a cozy mystery, but it’s a traditional one with likable characters. And, uncovering characters and their...