An Interview with Zac Bissonnette

August 08, 2022

Today, I’m interviewing Zac Bissonnette. His debut cozy mystery, A Killing in Costumes, will be released tomorrow, August. 9 from Crooked Lane Books. It’s the first Hollywood Treasures book. That’s all I’m going to say about the book because...

Rick Robinson, RIP

July 07, 2022

Many of you who talk about “What Are You Reading?” or read it on Thursdays, knew Rick Robinson. Rick had been writing on Thursdays for the last year or so, until he had health issues that he didn’t want to talk about here. I received this note from...

Should I Fall by Scott Shepherd

July 06, 2022

Quite often, I comment on the cover of a book, saying how attractive it is. The artwork for Scott Shepherd’s fast-paced Should I Fall does nothing for the book. The cover of Shepherd’s first book, The Last Commandment, was much more appealing. Shepherd...

A Fatal Booking by Victoria Gilbert

July 03, 2022

Sometimes, three books in a series are enough. I’m not sure if Victoria Gilbert is going to continue the series after A Fatal Booking,, the third Booklover’s B&B Mystery, but this one was enough for me. I was a little disappointed in the...

Winners and Mysteries from Nature

July 01, 2022

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Tom D. from Missoula, MT won One-Shot Harry. Glen D. from Yuba City, CA won Small Felonies 2. The books are going out in the mail today. Despite the Supreme Court, at the moment we still have plants and bees in the...

The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor

June 21, 2022

It’s always a joy to return to Ireland with Sarah Stewart Taylor’s Maggie D’arcy. The Drowning Sea is the third in the series. Maggie D’arcy resigned as a homicide detective in Long Island. Now, she and her teenage daughter, Lily, are spending two...