Have You Heard? Julie Hyzy’s Affairs of Steak

August 24, 2019

Friday morning was my monthly review deadline for Library Journal, so I only now had the chance to start a book that doesn’t come out in October or November. You’ll get to read reviews of those books when the time comes. Tomorrow, I’ll have one of my...

Murder at Whitby Abbey by Cassandra Clark

August 20, 2019

As a reviewer who gets thrust into the middle of a number of mystery series, I’m getting to be an expert in whether or not readers can pick up a book if they haven’t read previous ones. Murder at Whitby Abbey is the tenth in Cassandra Clark’s...

Have You Heard? Juliet Blackwell’s Bewitched and Betrothed

August 14, 2019

While I have a copy of Juliet Blackwell’s latest Witchcraft mystery, Bewitched and Betrothed, I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Fortunately, Sandie Herron had time to listen to the audiobook. She’s sharing her comments here today. (Thank you,...

Terns of Endearment by Donna Andrews

August 10, 2019

I admit that my sister is the big Donna Andrews/Meg Langslow fan in the family. However, in Terns of Endearment, there was less outrageous behavior than I expected. Meg was a capable, organized amateur sleuth, and she handled a terrible crisis with aplomb. When Meg...

Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen

August 04, 2019

In the course of the Royal Spyness series, Rhys Bowen’s books have grown a little more serious. The two books that foreshadow World War II, including this one, Love and Death Among the Cheetahs, are quite serious. After a short honeymoon on a houseboat,...