The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife by Melodie Campbell

February 07, 2018

When asked to read one of Orca Book Publishers’ works for a journal, I wasn’t excited. Orca specializes in hi-lo reading level books for adults. Melodie Campbell’s The B-Team: The Case of the Angry First Wife has a reading level of third grade....

The Story of Our Lives by Helen Warner

February 06, 2018

Women’s friendships can last through time and problems, through immaturity and growth. Four women struggle with their friendship for twenty years in Helen Warner’s intense novel, The Story of Our Lives. Sophie, Amy, Emily and Melissa were best friends...

Forty Dead Men by Donis Casey

February 05, 2018

Fans of Charles Todd’s Ian Rutledge series will recognize Gee Dub Tucker’s problems in Donis Casey’s latest Alafair Tucker mystery. But, when veterans of the “War to End All Wars” returned home in 1918, PTSD was not recognized as such....

DEROS by John A. Vanek

February 04, 2018

DEROS: Date of Expected Return from Overseas. In John A. Vanek’s first Father Jake Austin mystery, the former medic in Vietnam may physically be in the United States, but even in 2002, he still feels as if he left a part of himself behind. After his service in...

Dry Bones by Sally Spencer

February 03, 2018

Sally Spencer’s second Jennie Redhead mystery is a historical mystery set in the world of academia. Set in 1974, the storyline takes private investigator Jennie back to both world wars at St. Luke’s College in Oxford. Dry Bones is the new...

Winners and a Brooklyn Mystery Giveaway

February 02, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Nicole P. of Tigard, OR will receive Path Into Darkness. Daniel M. of Weymouth, MA won A Most Novel Revenge. The books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away mysteries set in Brooklyn....