Arches Enemy by Scott Graham

June 15, 2019

While the setting and environmental history of Arches National Park is appealing in Scott Graham’s fifth National Park Mystery, I found his protagonist less so. Archaeologist Chuck Bender is knowledgeable, though, and he may appeal to other readers. I...

A Faith Fairchild Giveaway

June 14, 2019

To make up for last week’s lack of a contest, I have three copies of Katherine Hall Page’s latest Faith Fairchild mystery to give away. The Body in the Wake finds the caterer and her husband, Tom, on Sanpere Island. Faith has a summer to herself with...

What Are You Reading?

June 13, 2019

I’m actually not reading today, but driving to Ohio for a family wedding. It’s my last trip until August. I’ll have to catch up with all of you this evening. However, I just finished Rhys Bowen’s August release,Love and Death Among the...

New York City Trip 2019

June 12, 2019

If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know I love New York City and Broadway, and try to go once or twice a year if I can. I also try to go at the end of May so I can see a play or two before the Tony Awards. This year, I went with my friend,...

Queen Bee by Dorothea Benton Frank

June 11, 2019

This must be my South Carolina week. First, Patti Callahan Henry’s The Favorite Daughter, and then Dorothea Benton Frank’s Queen Bee about a woman who doesn’t feel as if she’s a favorite at all. The two books couldn’t be any more...

The Favorite Daughter by Patti Callahan Henry

June 10, 2019

If you start Patti Callahan Henry’s latest novel, The Favorite Daughter, and it feels as if it’s just another runaway bride story, hang in there. While the first sixty pages may seem familiar, the rest of the book will break your heart. It’s a story...