The Shameless by Ace Atkins

July 06, 2019

Ace Atkins’ ninth Quinn Colson novel needs to come with a label, “Warning. To Be Continued…” If there was ever a book with a cliffhanger ending, it’s The Shameless. Twenty years ago, a fifteen-year-old boy, Brandon Taylor, went missing in...

Grand Slam Murders by R.J. Lee

February 05, 2019

Let me emphasize you do not need to know anything about bridge to read R.J. Lee’s debut cozy mystery, Grand Slam Murders. I’ve never played bridge, and I know nothing about it, but the entertaining Southern characters will bring me back for the...

Six Cats a Slayin’ by Miranda James

October 27, 2018

I tried to hold off. I really did. But, it’s so hard to wait until after Halloween to read books set at Christmas when they’re showing up in the mail. It was impossible to resist the cover of Miranda James’ latest Cat in the Stacks mystery, Six...

Claws for Concern by Miranda James

April 24, 2018

It’s always a pleasure to return to Mississippi to the world of Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel. Although Charlie gets involved in murder investigations, he’s grounded with his job, his family, and good friends. It was time to pick up Miranda...

Book Club Babies by Ashton Lee

November 25, 2017

Ashton Lee wraps up his Cherry Cola Book Club series with the promise of the future for the Cherico Public Library in Cherico, Mississippi. Of course, he’s talking about a new generation of library users in Book Club Babies. Library director Maura Beth...