Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes

October 11, 2021

I love a cozy mystery debut that’s a little different with characters that are not the stereotypical white middle-class owners of a craft shop or bookstore. Raquel V. Reyes introduces Cuban-American Miriam Quinones-Smith, a food anthropologist, a wife and...

Ocean Prey by John Sandford

April 11, 2021

Here’s my overall evaluation of John Sandford’s Ocean Prey. Too much technical language involving diving and not enough Virgil Flowers. However, I loved Sandford’s Author’s Note. He talks about a couple mistakes he made about guns in several of...

Sandie’s Corner: Triggerfish Twist by Tim Dorsey

December 16, 2020

Because Sandie Herron read that I was swamped this week, she sent me two reviews that I can post. I’m always grateful when she has my back. So, I’m running one of those reviews today, and one on Friday. Thursday, of course, is “What Are You...

Deadly Touch by Heather Graham

August 10, 2020

Although I’ve read all thirty of Heather Graham’s previous Krewe of Hunters books, I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy Deadly Touch. I like the books that are set in historic settings such as Salem or New Orleans or Baltimore. But, I should trust...

Blue Marlin by Lee Smith

July 21, 2020

Dimestore: A Writer’s Life was Lee Smith’s first nonfiction title. Somewhere, I have a copy that I haven’t read yet. But, when I heard Judy Blume recommend Smith’s novella Blue Marlin, I immediately ordered the book. It may be a small...