The Old Man and the Cat by Nils Uddenberg

October 17, 2015

That cat in the photo on the cover of Nils Uddenberg’s The Old Man and the Cat isn’t the only appealing part of this translated memoir. Let’s start with the subtitle, “A Love Story”. The sketches in the book are enchanting. The story is...

A Halloween Giveaway

October 16, 2015

It’s the perfect time of year for a Halloween giveaway. I have two mysteries that should arrive just in time for the holiday. Have you read Leigh Perry’s Family Skeleton mysteries? In The Skeleton Haunts a House, Sid the skeleton is excited. It’s the...

Trick or Deceit by Shelley Freydont

October 15, 2015

No town observes holidays the way Celebration Bay, New York, does. The residents pull out all the stops. This time, though, in Shelley Freydont’s Trick or Deceit, someone wants to ruin Halloween. A vandalized haunted house is one thing. But, event planner...

Bouchercon – Post 2

October 14, 2015

My biggest regret about Bouchercon? I didn’t get pictures of some of my friends! Darn. I was enjoying the company of Kaye Wilkinson Barley, Chantelle Aimee Osman, Aubrey Hamilton, Kristopher Zgorski, Dru Ann Love, Maddee James, Hilary Davidson, Janet Rudolph,...

Bouchercon – Post 1

October 13, 2015

It was a terrific flight on Southwest on Wednesday, flying from Nashville to Baltimore, and then on to Raleigh.  The first person I met at the hotel was Hank Phillippi Ryan, who was checking in when I was. I FINALLY met Kaye Wilkinson Barley, who was my...

The Big Chili by Julia Buckley

October 12, 2015

Julia Buckley launches her new series, The Big Chili, with a model cozy mystery. The comment “Murder held a whole town hostage to uncertainty and fear” exemplifies the spirit of the small town mystery in which the balance of the town is thrown off, and the...