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...

The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

October 15, 2018

I’ve read the second, and now the third Lady Sherlock mystery by Sherry Thomas. I’m afraid I’m just not the right audience for these books, although I’m a big fan of the original Sherlock Holmes stories and some of the pastiches. I found...

Dig Your Grave by Steven Cooper

October 13, 2018

Darn. Once again, I discovered a series with the second book. You can start with Steven Cooper’s Dig Your Grave, but if you like the Arizona setting and the characters, Gus Mills and Alex Parker, as much as I did, you’ll wish you had started with Desert...

The Last Breath by Danny Lopez

October 07, 2018

Oceanview Publishing, publisher of Danny Lopez’ The Last Breath, has a statement in the front of the book. “Oceanview focuses on works that exhibit a strong sense of place and setting; compelling protagonists and supporting characters; tension that builds...

Death of a Rainmaker by Laurie Loewenstein

October 03, 2018

Laurie Loewenstein’s first Dust Bowl Mystery, Death of a Rainmaker, was the most evocative book I’ve read since Larry D. Sweazy’s last Marjorie Trumaine mystery, See Also Proof. The author says she was inspired by Timothy Egan’s nonfiction...