The Wedding Plot by Paula Munier

July 18, 2022

If you haven’t read the previous three books featuring veteran Mercy Carr, and her bomb-sniffing dog, Elvis, you must have ignored my reviews. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in Paula Munier’s series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and...

Sandie’s Corner – Linda Castillo’s The Hidden One

July 16, 2022

Although Sandie Herron has read all of Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder mysteries, and I’ve been sharing them with you occasionally, I thought I’d share the most recent book in the series. I don’t have a copy of The Hidden One, and don’t...

Augusta Hawke by G.M. Malliet

July 09, 2022

I have to admit I was disappointed in G.M. Malliet’s first in her new series, Augusta Hawke. I read most of the Max Tudor mysteries, some of the St. Just ones. Although Augusta is an author, this book just wasn’t for me. As mystery writer Augusta Hawke...

Should I Fall by Scott Shepherd

July 06, 2022

Quite often, I comment on the cover of a book, saying how attractive it is. The artwork for Scott Shepherd’s fast-paced Should I Fall does nothing for the book. The cover of Shepherd’s first book, The Last Commandment, was much more appealing. Shepherd...

Castle Deadly, Castle Deep by Veronica Bond

July 05, 2022

There’s just something about Veronica Bond’s Dinner and a Murder series that appeals to me. I don’t know if it’s the castle setting in a small town near Chicago. It might be that the actors in the Castle Dark theater provide a permanent cast of...