The Ghost and the Haunted Portrait by Cleo Coyle

May 11, 2021

Jack Shepard is back! Let’s face it. While the blurb says “Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure and her gumshoe ghost team up”, many of us who read Cleo Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mysteries love Jack, the ghost of a private investigator...

The Company by Sally Spencer

May 08, 2021

Sally Spencer made an interesting narration choice in The Company. Part of the book covers the police investigation of a car “accident”, while one of the survivors, a man who was hospitalized with mental problems, is responsible for other aspects of the...

Winners and an Underwater Florida Giveaway

May 07, 2021

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Mark B. from Santa Clarita, CA won The Lucky One. Turn to Stone is going to Linda L. from Louisville, KY. The books are going out today. This week, I’m giving away books dealing with underwater crime in...

What Are You Reading?

May 06, 2021

Happy Thursday! I’m not sure how much I’ll be around during the day today. Library Journal’s Day of Dialog is today. They have a terrific schedule of virtual panels featuring authors who have books coming out in the late summer and fall. I’m...

Have You Heard? Red Knife by William Kent Krueger

May 05, 2021

Sandie Herron has been tearing through the Cork O’Connor series by William Kent Krueger. Here’s her review of the eighth in the series, Red Knife. Thank you, Sandie. Red Knife Written by William Kent Krueger Narrated by Buck Schirner Series:  Cork...

Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manasala

May 04, 2021

Mia P. Manasala’s Arsenic and Adobo, will make you hungry, if nothing else. But, it does offer a great deal more. The debut mystery introduces readers to Filipino-American food and culture, with its emphasis on family. There are cozy tropes; the close-knit...