A Twist in the Tail by Leighann Dobbs

June 16, 2020

I like cats as much as anyone else. But, I can honestly say I have no idea why so many Goodreads readers raved about Leighann Dobbs’ A Twist in the Tale, the first in the Oyster Cove Guesthouse series. The cats steer the investigation while Josie Waters,...

Murder, She Wrote: A Time for Murder by Jessica Fletcher & Jon Land

November 13, 2019

Murder, She Wrote: A Time for Murder by “Jessica Fletcher” and Jon Land is the fiftieth book in the popular series, and the first one I’ve read. Although it was entertaining, the climax was so over-the-top and implausible, along with other...

The Body in the Wake by Katherine Hall Page

May 05, 2019

I’m the first to admit I haven’t read all twenty-five Faith Fairchild mysteries. But, twenty-five books in any series is cause for celebration. Katherine Hall Page manages to throw in a celebration as well as an issue-oriented, hit-close-to-home...

Elevation by Stephen King

November 18, 2018

I read Stephen King’s early books. Then, he wrote Misery, and it was too much for me. I did read The Green Mile, but nothing else until his latest novella, Elevation. In just 146 pages, Stephen King gave us a story about kindness, persistence, our own blindness,...

In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon

November 12, 2018

Joy Avon’s debut mystery, In Peppermint Peril, is the first “A Tea and a Read Mystery”. This one is set in the Christmas season, while the second one will take readers back to Heart’s Harbor, Maine, for the Fourth of July celebration. Meet...