Between a Wok and a Dead Place by Leslie Budewitz

July 17, 2023

Leslie Budewitz takes us back to Seattle’s Pike Place Market for the latest Spice Shop mystery, Between a Wok and a Dead Place. Although the spice shop setting, and all the discussion of food puts these mysteries in the cozy category, there’s a depth to...

Kris Lackey, Guest Author

July 12, 2023

My friend, Aubrey Hamilton, loves Kris Lackey’s books, and suggested I share his books with all of you. Lackey has written four Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mysteries. The fourth, Ten-Acre Rock, was released yesterday. If you want to start at the beginning, go...

An Evil Heart by Linda Castillo

July 10, 2023

Never think you should pick up one of Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder mysteries just because it’s set in Ohio’s Amish country. If you’re looking for cozy, try Laura Bradford’s Amish mysteries. If you’re looking for riveting police...

The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry

July 03, 2023

Most of you know I’m getting ready to move in September, so you never know what book I might review as I’m going through piles. Leigh Perry’s The Skeleton Paints a Picture is six years old, but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about it. How...

A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder by Dianne Freeman

June 27, 2023

Dianne Freeman’s mysteries in the Countess of Harleigh series are always fun while also instructive in the behavior and expectations of society in Victorian England. She was wise in introducing Frances Hazelton, Countess of Harleigh, as the protagonist, an...