Lives Laid Away by Stephen Mack Jones

October 08, 2019

Undocumented immigrants. ICE. Missing young women. Sex trafficking. If it sounds as if it’s the latest newspaper account of Trump’s policies, it’s not. Stephen Mack Jones’ second August Snow novel, Lives Laid Away, gives a whole new...

A Legacy of Murder by Connie Berry

October 07, 2019

Kate Hamilton is caught up in antiques, murder, and a troubled personal life in the second intriguing mystery by Connie Berry, A Legacy of Murder. This time, the American antiques dealer is in Suffolk County, England, rather than Scotland, but she’s still...

Beyond a Reasonable Stout by Ellie Alexander

October 06, 2019

Someday, I’m going to go back and read Ellie Alexander’s other series, The Bakeshop Mysteries. A librarian friend who isn’t a big cozy mystery reader raves about those books. Alexander and her characters suck a reader into a series, whether the...

Sarah Jane by James Sallis

October 05, 2019

I had never read one of James Sallis’ books when I received Sarah Jane. Lyrical, powerful, haunting, ambiguous ending. There are so many terms to describe this disturbing book. I seldom say a book is a must-read, and I’m the last person to read for...

Winners and an Ice, Ice Giveaway

October 04, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Charlotte W. from Covington, GA won The Moth Catcher. The Long Call goes to Lauren K. from Reading, MA. The books are going out in the mail today. Temperatures dropped today here from our 90s, and that will probably...

What Are You Reading?

October 03, 2019

Did you have a good reading week? I hope so. If not, I hope it was because you were busy, in a good way. I’m reading D.M. Quincy’s Dec. 10 release, Murder at the Opera. It’s the third Atlas Catesby mystery, set in Regency London. I love the...