The Off-Islander by Peter Colt

September 25, 2019

Although debut author Peter Colt is younger than his character, Andy Roark, his experiences and his acquaintances must have helped create the Vietnam vet turned private investigator. Colt himself is a police officer in a small New England city. He spent over twenty...

Judge Thee Not by Edith Maxwell

September 17, 2019

When I reviewed Edith Maxwell’s Charity’s Burden earlier this year, I mentioned how relevant the historical mystery was to our own times. Now, in the fifth book of the Quaker Midwife series,  Judge Thee Not, the author strikes that same note of...

Mrs. Morris and the Ghost by Traci Wilton

August 05, 2019

If you’re a fan of Cleo Coyle’s Haunted Bookshop mysteries, or loved J.J. Cook’s Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade series, I have a book for you! I’m a sucker for those paranormal cozies in which a female amateur sleuth falls for the ghost of a...

Charity’s Burden by Edith Maxwell

April 06, 2019

Edith Maxwell skillfully uses her Quaker Midwife series to tell about history while discussing controversial topics. Quaker Rose Carroll is in the perfect position to ask questions of women in Amesbury, Massachusetts in 1869, when the women might not answer questions...

Below the Tree Line by Susan Oleksiw

January 21, 2019

Susan Oleksiw launches a fascinating new series with Below the Tree Line. It’s probably the best book I’ve read so far this year, so I hope this series will continue since the book is published by Midnight Ink. Felicity O’Brien is quite capable of...