Hillary Rodham Clinton & Louise Penny

February 24, 2021

If you didn’t catch this news yesterday, I’ll share it now. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny have joined forces to write a thriller called State of Terror. I ordered it yesterday for the library. Here is the news release.  News from SIMON...

All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

August 25, 2020

September 1 is release date for Louise Penny’s All the Devils Are Here, my favorite of all sixteen of the books in the Armand Gamache series. She’s had others that advanced the storyline, or brought a climatic resolution to long-brewing situations....

A Better Man by Louise Penny

August 27, 2019

Because I can never say as much as I’d like about one of Louise Penny’s Chief Inspector Armand Gamache mysteries, instead, I’m going to quote another mystery author. Betty Webb said to me, “I love to see books taken seriously — and with...

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

November 27, 2018

It’s always difficult to review one of Louise Penny’s books. The plots are so entwined with the characters that it’s not easy to summarize the book without revealing too much. It’s release date for Kingdom of the Blind, the first book Penny...

Congratulations to the Award Winners

October 16, 2017

Congratulations to all the winners of mystery awards that were presented this past week at Bouchercon. But, Louise Penny deserves an extra congratulations. She swept Best Novel with A Great Reckoning, taking all three mystery awards, the Anthony, the Macavity, and the...