Kiss Me in Paris by Catherine Rider

January 12, 2020

I was walking by the stacks in the library the other day, and Catherine Rider’s young adult novel, Kiss Me in Paris was on display. Naturally, I’m at least going to check out a book set in Paris. Yesterday, I reviewed Love Lettering, and picked it up...

City of Immortals by Carolyn Campbell

November 24, 2019

Most people don’t say they’re ready to go to Paris because of a cemetery. I didn’t feel as if I spent enough time at Montparnasse Cemetery when I was in Paris, so Carolyn Campbell’s book made me ready to go back. She has a unique view of...

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

October 21, 2019

Blackmail. Costumes. The British Empire. Royalty. Sherry Thomas’ fourth Lady Sherlock mystery, The Art of Theft, has all of those familiar elements plus sexual tension. And, Moriarty is still a villain, threatening everyone’s happiness. This time,...

A Cruel Deception by Charles Todd

October 20, 2019

While the shadows of politics in Charles Todd’s latest Bess Crawford mystery are interesting, the book itself was not. A Cruel Deception is a slow-moving, drawn out story that might appeal to the authors’ fans, but most of the rest of us will find it...

The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle

June 03, 2019

I don’t read spy or espionage novels. But, Kate Carlisle expertly manipulates her readers to enjoy a story of spies, suspects and murders in the latest Bibliophile mystery, The Book Supremacy. It’s a treat to enter into a world of agents with...