A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth

February 26, 2019

The third Sheriff Hank Worth mystery has one of the most heartbreaking openings I’ve ever read. Once I read the first chapter of A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth, I was hooked. I love police procedurals. When the police are as invested in the case as Hank is...

Another Man’s Ground by Claire Booth

July 27, 2017

Local History and culture. Politics. And, of course, murder. Branson, Missouri’s Sheriff Hank Worth faces it all in Claire Booth’s Another Man’s Ground. It’s an outstanding police procedural with touches of humor throughout. When Vern...

The Whole Town’s Talking by Fannie Flagg

December 04, 2016

While the book jacket says Fannie Flagg’s latest novel, The Whole Town’s Talking, is about what it means to be truly alive, I looked at the book differently. I saw it as the story of a town, from birth to death. And, it’s the story of the people who...

Springtime in St. Charles, Missouri

March 26, 2016

This is a personal travel post, so if you’re not interested, you can skip it. My friend, Donna and I went to St. Charles, Missouri on Thursday. Our main reason for going there was to see Byrne & Kelly, Neil Byrne and Ryan Kelly, appearing at the Foundry Art...

If Onions Could Spring Leeks by Paige Shelton

August 10, 2015

Paige Shelton’s ghost stories set in Broken Rope, Missouri continue to enchant me. Broken Rope is where the Old West and a contemporary tourist town intersect, where the ghosts of the past search for answers to their murders. And, it’s where Betts Winston...