What Are You Reading?

August 29, 2019

And, today, it’s what are you reading. I haven’t read one more word than when I posted yesterday. I did go to a concert in St. Louis on Tuesday night, and then on Wednesday I went to the zoo. What a wonderful zoo! Since I didn’t read any more of...

A Dangerous Collaboration by Deanna Raybourn

March 25, 2019

I recently mentioned the Veronica Speedwell series, and a fellow librarian said it was one of his favorite series. Yes, mine too. Deanna Raybourn’s adventurous Victorian lepidopterist and her fellow natural scientist, Stoker, are intelligent and witty with...

Favorite Crime Fiction of 2017 – According to Crime Fiction Authors

December 22, 2017

Over on the Poisoned Pen’s blog, I’ve been working with a number of authors. I asked them what their favorite crime novels were that they read in 2017. They didn’t have to be books published in 2017. Some came out this year. Others are older. And, a...

“In the Bleak Midwinter”

February 20, 2017

No, unfortunately, I’m not running that series on my blog. I’m also the blogger for The Poisoned Pen Bookstore, and I’ve been running that series on their blog. Craig Johnson is the guest author over there today. I asked a few authors to recommend...

Wanted – Short Posts from Mystery Authors

November 17, 2016

Ah ha! I bet that wasn’t exactly what you expected to see on my blog in mid-November. It’s one of my favorite Christmas books. I’m looking for mystery authors to write a short piece about their favorite holiday mystery, or their favorite mysteries of...