Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch

November 14, 2015

I hadn’t read any of the previous Charles Lenox mysteries by Charles Finch. Now that I’ve read his ninth, Home by Nightfall, I regret missing the the previous books. At the same time, Finch makes it remarkably easy to pick up the series at this point....

The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths

September 19, 2015

Elly Griffiths, winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her first mystery featuring Dr. Ruth Galloway, launches a new series with The Zig Zag Girl. Out last year in England, the first book is set in Brighton, England, where a small team called the Magic Men...

The Zig Zag Girl – What Are You Reading?

September 17, 2015

Well, darn. Somewhere or another I had read about magician Jasper Maskelyne and the “Magic Gang” who created illusions during World War II to confuse the Nazis. And, author Elly Griffiths credits a book about Maskelyne called War Magician by David...

No Place to Hide by Susan Lewis

July 29, 2015

Susan Lewis’ No Place to Hide might be for readers of Jodi Picoult or Diane Chamberlain, as reviews said, but it’s really for those who want a long, drawn-out novel leading to an explosive scene of tragic proportions. Justine Cantrell flees from her home...

The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher

May 13, 2015

Where were you in 1987? I was in Florida, starting a new job in Lee County, and certainly not reading the number of books that I now read each year. Of course, as a librarian, I was aware of Rosamunde Pilcher’s #1 bestseller,The Shell Seekers. But, I was too...