Girls Like Us by Christina Alger

October 14, 2019

This is just a hypothetical question. And, I’ve been reading and reviewing books long enough to know that the publisher actually picks a category for a book to generate sales. Libraries also classify fiction. And, who is to say that any of us are right? So why...

One Little Secret by Cate Holahan

July 13, 2019

Cate Holahan’s standalone is usually not my type of book. One Little Secret takes three couples to the Hamptons, where they drink too much, discover too much, and the results are not pretty. On the other hand, I liked the police detective, who was not afraid to...

Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White

May 07, 2019

It’s been a little while since I read one of Kate White’s Bailey Weggins mysteries. This series just gets better, and there’s no reason you can’t pick it up with Such a Perfect Wife. I have a weakness for mysteries featuring journalists,...

Death of a New American by Mariah Fredericks

April 13, 2019

Mariah Fredericks brings back Jane Prescott, a ladies’ maid in the early twentieth century in New York, in Death of a New American. The first in the series, A Death of No Importance, was one of Library Journal’s top ten mysteries of 2018. While this...

Trouble on the Books by Essie Lang

March 24, 2019

I love the setting of Essie Lang’s new mystery and series. Trouble on the Books is a Castle Bookshop Mystery. Bayside Books is located in Alexandria Bay in upstate New York. The second location for the store is in Blye Castle on Blye Island. The setting is more...