Bark to the Future by Spencer Quinn

August 07, 2022

“Do you think we go through high school in an intense fog?” Heck, yes. That’s the only way most of us can survive high school. In the thirteenth Chet and Bernie mystery, Bark to the Future, Bernie discovers most of what he remembers from high school...

Wait for It by Jenn McKinlay

August 10, 2021

I remember when Jenn McKinlay said her first couple attempts at writing romances didn’t go well. She switched to mysteries because she continually killed off people in her romances. She’s proven she can write sparkling contemporary romances, as shown in...

Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn

July 15, 2020

I don’t catch all the Chet and Bernie books, but I was ready for a new one when I reviewed Spencer Quinn’s Of Mutts and Men. As a former resident of Arizona, I can understand Bernie’s constant worry about water in the desert. This time,...

Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper

October 13, 2018

Darn. Once again, I discovered a series with the second book. You can start with Steven Cooper’s Dig Your Grave, but if you like the Arizona setting and the characters, Gus Mills and Alex Parker, as much as I did, you’ll wish you had started with Desert...

Booked 4 Murder by J.C. Eaton

June 26, 2017

A “cursed book”. An Arizona setting. An outrageous, slapstick gathering of suspects. They’re all part  of J.C. Eaton’s first Sophie Kimball cozy mystery, Booked 4 Murder. When Harriet Plunkett calls her daughter, Sophie, she insists...