The Body in the Garden by Katharine Schellman

April 06, 2020

Crushed. I was just crushed when I went to review Katharine Schellman’s debut mystery for a mystery column, and someone else had been assigned to the book. They better write a good review, because I loved this debut, and I’m looking forward to the next...

Winners and an Historical Mystery Giveaway

March 06, 2020

Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. Murder in an Irish Cottage is going to Donna W. from Sun City West, AZ. Penny T. from Klamath Falls, OR and Linda K. from Woodstock, MD each won a copy of Fatal Roots. The books will go out in the mail tomorrow. This...

Murder at the Capitol by C.M. Gleason

February 09, 2020

Murder at the Capitol is C.M. Gleason’s third Lincoln’s White House Mystery. She writes of Washington, D.C. at the beginning of the war with images I never really thought about. D.C. was really a small town in 1861, and a southern small town even more than...

Murder at the Opera by D. M. Quincy

December 09, 2019

At last! At last a new Atlas Catesby mystery from D.M. Quincy, and, at last, a series I’ve read from the beginning. If you enjoy atmospheric historical mysteries set in the early 19th century, mysteries that beautifully set the scene while introducing characters...

A House of Ghosts by W. C. Ryan

October 02, 2019

If I was putting together my top ten books of 2019 right now, W. C. Ryan’s A House of Ghosts would be in the top five. The engrossing ghost story/historical mystery is definitely one of the best books I’ve read this year. Fans of Charles Todd’s Ian...