Death of a Novice by Cora Harrison

June 30, 2018

I’ll admit I could never get into Cora Harrison’s Burren mysteries set in 16th century Ireland. What a difference 400 years makes!  Death of a Novice is the fifth book to feature Reverend Mother Aquinas in 1920s Cork. Now, that’s my period of...

A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin

June 04, 2018

I’m late coming to James W. Ziskin’s Ellie Stone mysteries. I read his last book, Cast the First Stone, in which reporter Ellie Stone headed to Hollywood to cover the story of a hometown boy. But, I liked the new book, A Stone’s Throw, much...

Murder to the Metal by Annie Hogsett

June 03, 2018

The second Somebody’s Bound to Wind Up Dead mystery, Murder to the Metal, doesn’t have as much humor as Annie Hogsett’s debut. But, the complex storyline and the heart in this mystery make up for it. Allie Harper is the narrator. She and Thomas...

A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison

May 14, 2018

Sometimes, you come across a book that makes you go back to the beginning of a series. Cora Harrison’s Burren mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland, just never caught on with me. But, when I stumbled across her Reverend Mother mysteries, I was hooked. A...

Beyond the Pale by Clare O’Donohue

May 08, 2018

Clare O’Donohue wrote Beyond the Pale just for me. Well, not really. We’ve never met, and we hadn’t corresponded before I read this book. But, she sent her two reluctant spies all over Ireland, most of the time to places I’ve been. It felt as...