A Spell of Murder by Clea Simon

December 14, 2018

Clea Simon launches a new cozy series that will appeal to cat lovers with A Spell of Murder. It’s the first Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery. Becca’s cats mean well, but when Harriet, the oldest of three cats with magical powers, conjures a pillow, Becca...

A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany

November 13, 2018

It’s always a treat to catch up with Gemma Doyle, owner of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. Vicki Delany has given us a delightful, idiosyncratic character whose brain resembles Holmes’. She lacks empathy and social skills, though, and just...

The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany

February 25, 2018

I love Gemma Doyle’s mind. I love the way she thinks. Vicki Delany’s third Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, The Cat of the Baskervilles, is another treat for those of us who enjoy Gemma. And, this time, Gemma’s caught up in a mystery involving...

Rattlesnake Hill by Leslie Wheeler

February 17, 2018

After reading Leslie Wheeler’s Rattlesnake Hill, you might not think of the Berkshires in Massachusetts in quite the same way. If you think of Tanglewood and vacations and fall foliage, you might not think of the dark side of the hilltowns. That’s the...

Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany

September 11, 2017

Vicki Delany follows up the first fun Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery, Elementary, She Read, with the equally delightful Body on Baker Street. Gemma Doyle is becoming one of my favorite amateur sleuths, although I don’t think I’d want to live...