A Novel Murder by E.C. Nevin

July 05, 2025

It’s obvious that the author of A Novel Murder, a debut mystery, knows her way around the publishing industry and literary festivals. This isn’t a cozy mystery, but it’s a traditional one with likable characters. And, uncovering characters and their...

Every Time I go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack

April 30, 2024

I mentioned Catherine Mack’s Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies back in January for “A Peek Ahead”. It’s a funny book, purchased for a TV series, along with the book’s sequels, with Mack to write the pilot script. The format is...

Death of an Author by E.C.R. Lorac

March 23, 2024

There are other authors from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction that are better known than E.C.R. Lorac, but I enjoy her books with the wit and clever plots. Martin Edwards, who wrote the introduction to Death of an Author, suggests that Lorac had fun with the...

Sunday Spotlight – Kaye Wilkinson Barley – Conclusion

January 21, 2024

I had so many questions for Kaye Wilkinson Barley. In the future, I cut the questions down to just four, but I don’t know others as well as I know Kaye. I’m so glad she was willing to be the first subject. Thank you, Kaye. When I asked Kaye the first...

Kim Hays, Daughter of a Librarian

May 16, 2023

Libraries are in my blood. My aunt worked in a library. My mother spent most of her working career in a high school library. My sisters and I all shelved books in our hometown library, as did one of my nephews. My niece works for a public library now. So, of course,...