Inheriting Edith by Zoe Fishman

November 03, 2016

Zoe Fishman’s novel, Inheriting Edith, could have been a depressing novel about a single mom, a woman with Alzheimer’s and a suicide. Instead, it’s a novel with heart and love, and a story of two people growing to understand each other, with a little...

Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo

July 10, 2016

Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder novels never disappoint. They’re emotionally intense, sometimes disturbing stories. And, in each one, we get to know Kate a little more. The latest book, Among the Wicked, takes her into her own emotions by putting her...

Wedding Bel Blues by Maggie McConnon

May 31, 2016

“This place was crazier than I thought, much weirder than I remember, my family something of a bunch of oddballs with a host of secrets that they would go to great lengths to protect.” When Belfast (Bel) McGrath has that realization, she doesn’t know...

Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicki Delany

December 02, 2015

If you want a textbook example as to how to launch a cozy mystery series, try Vicki Delany’s first Year-Round Christmas Mystery, Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen. She skillfully introduces a small, cozy New York town, the shopkeepers and residents, along with a...

Untimely Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan

October 20, 2015

Don’t you like it when an author with one enjoyable series launches another one that’s just as appealing? Elizabeth J. Duncan is the author of the Penny Brannigan series set in North Wales. Now, she takes readers to the Catskill Mountains for a summer...