May Treasures in My Closet – Part 1

April 01, 2017

I have almost fifty titles with May release dates. At least that’s how it appears before I start looking them up. That pile will be slightly smaller with release dates postponed, or pushed up. And, I won’t be able to discuss all of them. I’ll pick...

Winners and A Cozy Giveaway

March 31, 2017

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Eileen K. from Island Lake, IL won The Gates of Evangeline. Heart of Stone will go to Daniel M. from Weymouth, MA. The books will go out in the mail today. This week, I’m giving away two cozy mysteries. The...

Clea Simon, Guest Author

March 30, 2017

Clea Simon is an author and cat lover. All of her mystery series have cats in them, as you can see at her web site www.cleasimon.com. But, today, she’s going to talk about a classic that inspired her. I hope you check out her fascinating piece. Thank you, Clea....

What Are You Reading?

March 29, 2017

It’s Wednesday, a good day this week to ask what you’re reading. I’m reading Anne Cleeland’s latest Doyle and Acton mystery, Murder in All Honour (love the cover). I’ll admit her books aren’t for everyone. Some readers...

Desert Vengeance by Betty Webb

March 28, 2017

Recently, author Anne Perry posed a moral question. Should you do something morally repugnant to you in order to fulfill a duty? Private investigator Lena Jones faces a moral question in Betty Webb’s latest mystery, Desert Vengeance. Should she hunt for the...

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

March 27, 2017

There was something poignant about reading Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s memoir, Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. I checked it out of the library when I read her piece in The New York Times, “You May Want to Marry My Husband,”http://nyti.ms/2mFk0fE....