The Drowning Sea by Sarah Stewart Taylor

June 21, 2022

It’s always a joy to return to Ireland with Sarah Stewart Taylor’s Maggie D’arcy. The Drowning Sea is the third in the series. Maggie D’arcy resigned as a homicide detective in Long Island. Now, she and her teenage daughter, Lily, are spending two...

Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron

June 06, 2022

Agatha Award-winner Ellen Byron launches a new cozy mystery series set in New Orleans with Bayou Book Thief. I love her setting, but thank heavens her latest book includes a list of characters because there are so many quirky characters involved in this one that...

Shifty’s Boys by Chris Offutt

June 05, 2022

Chris Offutt’s The Killing Hills was one of my favorite books last year. He continues Mick Hardin’s story in Shifty’s Boys, another compelling novel set in the hills of eastern Kentucky. While Mick is much the same, and the writing is still poetic...

The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis

May 28, 2022

I believe I’ve read almost all fifteen Diva mysteries featuring events planner and advice columnist Sophie Winston. I love the setting of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. These are comfort reads bringing back a group of Sophie’s friends. But, Krista...

A Harmless Lie by Sara Blaedel

March 20, 2022

Sometimes, I have troubles with translations, and wonder if it’s the author or the translator. I didn’t have that problem with Sara Blaedel’s A Harmless Lie, translated by Mark Kline. The voices of troubled women seemed perfect in this riveting...