A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn

January 16, 2018

How often do you read a novel and find it so wonderful that it makes you want to not only reread it, but also read another book? Deanna Raybourn’s third Veronica Speedwell mystery, A Treacherous Curse, moves the characters’ relationship along, while...

Murder of a Good Man by Teresa Trent

January 15, 2018

I liked the first mystery in Teresa Trent’s new Piney Woods series. I really did, and I hope to read the next book. But, her stereotypes and comment about a senior really bothered me when I realized how old the character was. And, neither the author nor the...

Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

January 14, 2018

A friend in Wales told me to believe everything Ben Aaronovitch’s books say about London, and, even more so. That means underground London is even more interesting than Paris with its catacombs. Peter Grant, police constable and wizard-in-training, has the...

Last Stop in Brooklyn by Lawrence H. Levy

January 13, 2018

Someday I’m going to recruit my sister, Christie, to write book reviews for the blog. She        reads some of the series I haven’t yet had time to pick up, and her comments are perceptive and on target. She liked Lawrence H....

Winners and A Police Procedural Giveaway

January 12, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Cheryl S. from Fort Pierre, SD won A Murder for the Books. Suzanne R. of Nashville, TN won The Plot is Murder. Because of our expected ice overnight, I put the books in the mail late on Thursday. I’m a...