Just the Way You Are by Beth Moran

July 10, 2022

Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for introducing me to Beth Moran’s Just the Way You Are. This novel was just right, a positive, uplifting story of a young woman learning to love herself. And, along the way, she discovered she loved herself the most when she was...

Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

June 26, 2022

Sometimes, a traditional mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series is perfect in troubled times. E.C.R. Lorac’s Fell Murder, set in Lunsedale, just south of the Lake District in England, introduces Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard. Yes,...

The Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards

June 04, 2022

If I had read the previous seven Lake District mysteries, perhaps I might have appreciated Martin Edwards’ The Girl They All Forgot. However, even for readers of the series, the seven year gap between books may have left them scrambling to catch up. I...

The Shadow of Memory by Connie Berry

May 10, 2022

While I liked Connie Berry’s The Art of Betrayal, I loved the fourth in her Kate Hamilton series, The Shadow of Memory. The traditional mystery is carefully plotted, and all the pieces fit together beautifully. The characters, the antiques, and the setting...

Unnatural Ends by Christopher Huang

May 08, 2022

What a perfect cover for Christopher Huang’s Unnatural Ends. It’s a complex puzzle, a trap set in a North Yorkshire estate in 1921. But, the trap was planned years earlier. In April 1921, the three children of Sir Lawrence Linwood return home to Linwood...