Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang

March 24, 2019

I love the setting of Essie Lang’s new mystery and series. Trouble on the Books is a Castle Bookshop Mystery. Bayside Books is located in Alexandria Bay in upstate New York. The second location for the store is in Blye Castle on Blye Island. The setting is more...

A Case of Bier by Mary Daheim

March 23, 2019

If you like the title of Mary Daheim’s latest Bed-and-Breakfast mystery, A Case of Bier, you’ll probably enjoy the book more than I did. I’m not a fan of broad humor, the hit you in the face, Three Stooges type of humor. But, this is the thirty-first...

Winners and Give Me an H Giveaway

March 22, 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Anita Y. from Barnesville, GA won A Deadly Divide. John S. of Iowa City, IA will receive Watcher in the Woods. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away books with authors whose...

What Are You Reading?

March 21, 2019

I’m actually “playing” with a book right now, rather than reading it. As an early birthday present, a friend gave me a copy of an oversized book,The Lost Files of Nancy Drew. It purports to be Nancy Drew’s newly discovered notes about her early...

If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura

March 20, 2019

I seldom read translated books because something always seems to be lost in the translation. I don’t think that happened with Genki Kawamura’s If Cats Disappeared from the World. Eric Selland seems to have brought all the magic and thoughtfulness that...

Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins

March 19, 2019

S. C Perkins won the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition for Murder Once Removed, and deservedly so. The first Ancestry Detective mystery is a fascinating debut, with likable characters. If you’re interested in genealogy, or like...