Book Chat – August Cozy Mysteries from Berkley

July 31, 2017

This is not my best book chat. In fact, when editing, I missed one of the titles. Fortunately, I have Jinx to blame. He was a little distracting this time. It always takes me a while to film this because he insists on sitting in front of the camera, purring away. Here...

Dead, To Begin With by Bill Crider

July 30, 2017

“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that.” With the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as the inspiration for his new mystery, Bill Crider challenges Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Is Jake Marley’s...

Besieged by Kevin Hearne

July 29, 2017

Travel back in time, and all over the world with a two-thousand-year-old Irish Druid in Kevin Hearne’s story collection, Besieged.  Atticus O’Sullivan relates some of his adventures to his apprentice, Granuaile, and his Irish wolfhound, Oberon....

Winners & No Contest This Week

July 28, 2017

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. G.B. from East Lansing, MI won the copy of Kate Carlisle’s Once Upon a Spine. Betsy L. from Midlothian, VA won A Just Clause by Lorna Barrett. I’ll put them in the mail tomorrow. There’s no contest...

Another Man’s Ground by Claire Booth

July 27, 2017

Local History and culture. Politics. And, of course, murder. Branson, Missouri’s Sheriff Hank Worth faces it all in Claire Booth’s Another Man’s Ground. It’s an outstanding police procedural with touches of humor throughout. When Vern...

What Are You Reading?

July 26, 2017

I hope you’re all around today because I’m a day early with this question. I promised Thursday for a book review – go figure. I’ll be reviewing Claire Booth’s second Hank Worth mystery set in Branson, Missouri, Another Man’s...