The Cloisters by Katy Hays

October 31, 2022

Tomorrow may be release day, but Halloween is actually the perfect day to introduce Katy Hays’ debut novel, The Cloisters. The setting, The Met’s museum, The Cloisters, celebrates medieval architecture, gardens of the Middle Ages, and the art of the...

Sandie’s Corner – Shutter by Ramona Emerson

September 17, 2022

I’m so glad Sandie Herron read and reviewed Shutter by Ramona Emerson. I even have a copy of the debut mystery sitting beside the couch, but just haven’t had a chance to get to it. I just wish my formatting on the blog looked as good as the document Sandie...

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

January 25, 2022

While Eva Jurczyk’s debut novel is called The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, it could have just as easily been called The Department of Missing Books and Special Librarians. First there’s one missing book. Then a missing librarian. Then...

The Maid by Nita Prose

January 03, 2022

While Nita Prose’s debut novel, The Maid, is a mystery, it’s also a character study of a young woman. That’s where it shines, in the personality of Molly Gray, the narrator. She’s a maid, “a nobody”. And, no one ever listens or sees...

Hello, Transcriber by Hannah Morrissey

November 22, 2021

Readers who appreciate Jess Lourey’s troubled protagonists should latch onto Hannah Morrisey’s Hello, Transcriber. This debut features a police transcriber. Hazel Greenlee views Black Harbor, Wisconsin as a purgatory where she’s stuck. Her husband,...