All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

November 06, 2021

Full disclosure. I read Wanda M. Morris’ debut novel, All Her Little Secrets, way back in April. Morris was on a panel I moderated for Library Journal Day of Dialog in May. I also interviewed her for a profile in Library Journal. Her book was the Lead Read for...

Murder by Page One by Olivia Matthews

March 23, 2021

It’s always fun to share release date by reviewing the first in a new series. And, Olivia Matthews’ Murder by Page One features a charming librarian from New York who is trying to adjust to Southern ways. She doesn’t really want to become comfortable...

Patti Callahan’s Surviving Savannah

August 12, 2020

Here it is! I’m excited to share the cover for Surviving Savannah by New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan, on sale March 9, 2021. It’s inspired by the true and forgotten story of the sinking of the “Titanic of the South”. ...

A Highlander Walks Into a Bar by Laura Trentham

March 20, 2020

Light reading. When I think of light reading right now, I think of contemporary romances, not my usual mysteries. Oh, I haven’t given up on them. I have three mysteries on a pile next to me right now, and I’ll select one as my next book. I only read one...

Gone Too Long by Lori Roy

June 24, 2019

Lori Roy is the Edgar Award winning author of Bent Road and Let Me Die in His Footsteps. Her latest novel, Gone Too Long, is a creepy, disturbing account of a young girl and a community held hostage by the Ku Klux Klan. It’s a compelling, issue-oriented...