Post Facto by Darryl Wimberley

December 19, 2018

It’s been over ten years since I’ve read one of Darryl Wimberley’s novels, but he still has a magical way of capturing northern Florida. His descriptions bring a failing rural community to life in Post Facto. When Clara Sue Buchanan lost her column...

A Stone’s Throw by James W. Ziskin

June 04, 2018

I’m late coming to James W. Ziskin’s Ellie Stone mysteries. I read his last book, Cast the First Stone, in which reporter Ellie Stone headed to Hollywood to cover the story of a hometown boy. But, I liked the new book, A Stone’s Throw, much...

The Devil’s Triangle by Howard Owen

June 25, 2017

I’m a sucker for a good mystery featuring a journalist as sleuth. So why hadn’t I heard of Howard Owen? The Devil’s Triangle is the sixth Willie Black mystery set in Richmond, Virginia. I feel as if I’ve been missing a good series. In...

Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin

June 11, 2017

Ziskin’s fifth Ellie Stone mystery, Heart of Stone, is an Edgar nominee for Best Paperback Original this year. Now, he takes his small-town reporter to 1962 Hollywood in Cast the First Stone. Ellie finally caught a break. By default, she’s the one...

Random Road by Thomas Kies

May 03, 2017

When I like a debut mystery, it’s because the characters have depth and come alive. Meet Geneva Chase in Thomas Kies’ Random Road. Geneva is almost forty, back on her hometown newspaper on Connecticut’s Gold Coast. And, she’s back because...