Absence of Light by Zoe Sharp

July 16, 2016

When I look back at my blog, it appears that it’s been eight years since I read one of Zoe Sharp’s Charlie Fox books. That can’t be right because it lists Third Strike. And, I know I read Fifth Victim.  Once you’ve met Charlie Fox in...

Winners & Terrence McCauley, Guest Blogger & Giveaway

July 15, 2016

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Sandy O. from Milford, OH won E.J. Copperman’s Written Off, and Cheryl S. of Fort Pierre, SD will receive Larry. D. Sweazy’s See Also Deception. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. Terrence...

The Cherry Orchard and Theater

July 14, 2016

I read Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard tonight, thinking it might be a possibility for my November trip to New York and Broadway. Joel Grey and John Glover are joining Diane Lane in a new production. But, I don’t think so. I don’t go to a show on...

The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan

July 13, 2016

I should have known a novel featuring a hospice nurse would be a heartbreaker. Add the dying professor and a veteran suffering from PTSD after three tours in Iraq. Then, there’s the story of World War II and the aftermath. Stephen P. Kieran’s The...

A Most Curious Murder by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

July 12, 2016

“Curiouser and curiouser.” When I read Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli’s first Little Library Mystery, I wished I had paid more attention to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Although the book stands on its own as a mystery, the...

What Are You Reading?

July 11, 2016

There I was, feeling good that I read Linda Castillo’s entire book on Saturday, finished another book so I could wrote a book review for a journal, and wrote a book column for the local newspaper. Then, at 4:30 Sunday afternoon, I realized I hadn’t even...