A Night’s Tail by Sofie Kelly

September 07, 2019

I wanted to like Sofie Kelly’s latest Magical Cats Mystery as much as I did The Cats Came Back. But, the large cast of characters in A Night’s Tail did me in. There were too many characters in the opening scene, and I never felt as if I caught up with...

Twisted at the Root by Ellen Hart

August 13, 2019

I am not a fan of unreliable narrators in books. Ellen Hart does not feature an unreliable narrator in her latest Jane Lawless mystery, Twisted at the Root. However, I don’t know when I’ve met such a dislikable cast of lying suspects. Rashad May and...

The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy

September 29, 2018

A new Monkeewrench novel by P.J. Tracy is always a treat. While the mother half, P.J., of P.J. Tracy died in 2016, Traci successfully keeps the series interesting. Some will want more of the Monkeewrench team in the current novel, The Guilty Dead. As a fan of the...

The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

September 04, 2018

There seem to have been an extraordinary number of weddings in mysteries this summer. No, librarian Kathleen Paulson isn’t the one getting married in Sofie Kelly’s The Cats Came Back. But, she’s part of the wedding party and planning throughout...

A Tale of Two Kitties by Sofie Kelly

October 18, 2017

Everyone who knows me knows I love cats. And, I frequently read mysteries involving cats. But, I’m not a pushover for every book about cats, especially magical cats. I’ve always been a little skeptical about Sofie Kelly’s Magical Cats Mysteries. Yes,...