Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

January 22, 2018

If you’re getting tired of my reviews of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London books, you’ll be happy to know I only have one more after  Foxglove Summer. But, this fifth one was one of the best in the series. Police constable Peter Grant is...

Vanishing Ireland by James Fennell and Turtle Bunbury

January 21, 2018

Vanishing Ireland is a beautiful, but sobering book. Fennell and Bunbury set out across Ireland to capture and preserve the stories of ordinary Irish people, people who worked the land, worked with horses, worked on the water, celebrated the music. Vanishing...

Winners and an Amateur Sleuth Giveaway

January 19, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Bury the Past is going to Marie R. from Horseheads, NY. Mary P. from Rome, NY won A Hunt in Winter. Due to our weather, the books will go out in the mail on Saturday. This week, I’m giving away two mysteries...

What Are You Reading?

January 18, 2018

First, I want to thank Jeff, Grace, Margie and Glen for sharing their favorite books of 2017. Let’s do it again next year! Watch for those good books this year. I bet it doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone that I’m finishing Foxglove Summer, the...

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

January 17, 2018

While Broken Homes isn’t my favorite in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, the ending came as surprise. And, it was perfect. Peter Grant is a police constable with a little bit of magic. He and a former classmate, Lesley May, reside at the Folly...