Murder at the Queen’s Old Castle by Cora Harrison

April 10, 2020

When nothing seems to suit for reading, it’s time to turn to a favorite series, a favorite country and its history. Cora Harrison’s Murder at the Queen’s Old Castle is a couple years old, but I never got around to reading this Reverend Mother...

What Are You Reading?

April 09, 2020

For me, the question this week should be, how many books are you reading as you try to find one you’ll finish? Actually, I finished one, but it’s for Library Journal, and it wasn’t quite up to the previous books, so I won’t mention it. I did...

The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain by C.M. Wendelboe

April 08, 2020

A month ago, I reviewed a frontier mystery set during the 1920s in Rocky Mountain National Park.  C.M. Wendelboe’s The Marshal and the Mystical Mountain is a compelling, violent story for all of us who love the works of Craig Johnson and Margaret Cole....

Katharine Schellman, Author Interview

April 07, 2020

I don’t always have a book trailer to share for a debut novelist. Since The Body in the Garden is one of my favorite books of the year so far, I’m please to share it. I’m even more pleased that I had the opportunity to interview Katharine Schellman....

The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman

April 06, 2020

Crushed. I was just crushed when I went to review Katharine Schellman’s debut mystery for a mystery column, and someone else had been assigned to the book. They better write a good review, because I loved this debut, and I’m looking forward to the next...

Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

April 05, 2020

I’ve admitted that I hadn’t been able to read much lately. Even the previous book in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, An Offer from a Gentleman, didn’t entice me. I’ve never been found of the Cinderella trope, except for Rodgers and...