Book Giveaway – A Couple Lighter Mysteries

September 20, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Paul B. from Hewitt, NJ won Beautiful Bad, and The Murder List will go to Kathy S. from Alba, TX. The books will go out in the mail today. Last week, the crime novels I gave away were dark. This week, I’m...

What Are You Reading?

September 19, 2019

I read all of your comments last week about what you were reading then. However, I read them late, and didn’t comment because I thought you probably wouldn’t come back to see the comments. After my dentist appointment today, though, I’ll be around to...

Small Kingdoms & Other Stories by Charlaine Harris

September 18, 2019

If you don’t read Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, you probably haven’t read the four stories collected in Charlaine Harris’ new anthology, Small Kingdoms & Other Stories. I’m a fan of Harris’ Lily Bard mysteries, and the...

Judge Thee Not by Edith Maxwell

September 17, 2019

When I reviewed Edith Maxwell’s Charity’s Burden earlier this year, I mentioned how relevant the historical mystery was to our own times. Now, in the fifth book of the Quaker Midwife series,  Judge Thee Not, the author strikes that same note of...

Have You Heard? Fonduing Fathers by Julie Hyzy

September 16, 2019

I’ve been on vacation the entire last week. Although I read and finished a book today, my first day home, I haven’t had time to review it. I’m glad Sandie Herron sends me reviews so I can include one now and then. This is for everyone who listens to...

Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan

September 15, 2019

World War I must have been on my mind lately. It’s odd that I ended up reviewing two books in a row with the shadows of the Great War. Remembering the Dead is Elizabeth J. Duncan’s latest Penny Brannigan mystery, set in Wales. For the 100th...