Who Killed the Fonz? by James Boice

February 17, 2019

Arthur Fonzarelli, the Fonz, always seemed invincible on “Happy Days”. The show celebrated the 1950s, with stories of family life and the friendship between Fonzie and Richie Cunningham, and Fonzie’s love of the Cunningham family. Now, James Boice...

Post Facto by Darryl Wimberley

December 19, 2018

It’s been over ten years since I’ve read one of Darryl Wimberley’s novels, but he still has a magical way of capturing northern Florida. His descriptions bring a failing rural community to life in Post Facto. When Clara Sue Buchanan lost her column...

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

December 03, 2018

I want to be like Helene Tursten’s character Maud when I’m eighty-eight years old. So, that’s a warning if any of you remember that in twenty-seven years. Tursten’s Detective Inspector Irene Huss makes two brief appearances in the story...

Ten Year Stretch edited by Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller

April 25, 2018

Ten Year Stretch is a crime fiction anthology to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest in Bristol, England. Peter James wrote the foreword. Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller edited it. Edwards writes the introduction about the authors and Muller writes the...

Penhale Wood by Julia Thomas

July 08, 2017

Right up front, I’ll remind you that I usually don’t read “women and children in jeopardy” novels.This is going to sound strange and maybe a little cold, but I read and enjoyed Penhale Wood by Julia Thomas. It wasn’t about a child in...