What Are You Reading?

May 18, 2017

It’s Thursday! That means it’s time for What Are You Reading. I look forward to this day every week. I’m just about to start the August release, Continental Crimes, edited by Martin Edwards. That means I can’t tell you anything about it...

Walking on My Grave by Carolyn Hart

May 17, 2017

It’s hard to believe that after thirty years Carolyn Hart is wrapping up the Death on Demand series. Walking on My Grave is the last case for Annie and Max Darling. But, the traditional mystery wraps up perfectly, first with the gathering of suspects,...

Edited Out by E.J. Copperman

May 16, 2017

Although E.J. Copperman’s Edited Out is fun with its dry humor and old movie references, I’d still recommend that readers start with the first in the series, Written Off. It’s easier to suggest that than to explain how Rachel Goldman, a mystery...

My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul

May 15, 2017

Bob = Book of Books. Of course, Pamela Paul, editor of The New York Times Book Review, is a reader. She’s also compulsive, as many of us are, about keeping a list of the books she reads. Paul has kept that list since 1988 when she was a junior in high school....

Called to Justice by Edith Maxwell

May 14, 2017

Edith Maxwell’s historical mysteries, like Donis Casey’s, evoke a certain time and place. The history brings the setting and period to life, while the mystery elements involve the character of the sleuth. Maxwell’s Called to Justice is the...

Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

May 13, 2017

Option B sounds as if it’s a title about tests. Actually, it is about the tests life throws at us, and how we conquer them. Sheryl Sandberg, the author of Lean In, along with Adam Grant, psychologist and professor, talk about “Facing Adversity,...