The Fool Dies Last by Carol Miller

April 03, 2022

Occasionally, a book comes along that I enjoy, but it’s hard to put my finger on the reason I enjoyed it. Carol Miller’s first Fortune Telling Mystery, The Fool Dies Last, has a few elements that would normally bother me. Maybe, it’s her writing, but...

The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews

November 20, 2021

It’s never a bad time to read a Christmas novel, but how soon is too soon to review one? Mary Kay Andrews’ The Santa Suit was released Sept. 28. I read it just a day or two later, but I just couldn’t bring myself to review it before Halloween. Even...

Summer by the Sea by Jenny Hale

August 28, 2021

Sometimes, a summer romance works beautifully as a palate cleanser. Jenny Hale writes romantic women’s fiction. Summer by the Sea might work for readers who are missing Dorothea Benton Frank. Hale takes readers on a nostalgic visit to the Outer Banks of North...

Graveyard Fields by Steven Tingle

August 18, 2021

In Steven Tingle’s debut, Graveyard Fields, he takes an inept cop turned equally incompetent private investigator, stomps him into the ground, and turns all of his actions into a tragic comedy. I don’t know when I felt so frustrated with a character, and...

Closely Harbored Secrets by Bree Baker

December 28, 2020

Some mystery series, even my favorite ones, have their ups and downs. Bree Baker’s Seaside Cafe Mysteries, though, haven’t let me down yet. The fifth one, Closely Harbored Secrets, is excellent, and it’s one of my favorite cozy mysteries of the year....