The Bramble and the Rose by Tom Bouman

March 09, 2020

Tom Bouman’s debut Henry Farrell book, Dry Bones in the Valley, went on to win the Edgar Award in 2015 for Best First Novel. The third book in the series, The Bramble and The Rose, is descriptive of the rural Pennsylvania wilderness, with several intense,...

A Killer Carol by Laura Bradford

September 22, 2019

It’s not really too early for Christmas mysteries. The Christmas books are released in September and October now because, let’s face it, most of us don’t read a lot during December. And, I wouldn’t miss Laura Bradford’s latest Amish...

The Seekers by Heather Graham

July 27, 2019

Heather Graham moves from Savannah to Pennsylvania in her latest series within the Krewe of Hunters series. Several characters from The Summoning return in The Seekers, one of the creepier books in this series. A young actor, Carl Brentwood, recently bought the...

An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer

July 24, 2019

Some of the comments I saw online said you could read this book without having read the first in the series, Bernard Schaffer’s The Thief of All Light. I disagree. I enjoyed An Unsettled Grave, but I wish I had more background about Detective Carrie...

A Stranger Here Below by Charles Fergus

March 17, 2019

It’s always interesting to read other reviews after I’ve reviewed a book for a journal. While I was fascinated by Charles Fergus’ A Stranger Here Below, other journals found it slow going and did not recommend it. I have to admit my family...