Thief’s Mark by Carla Neggers

August 30, 2017

Thief’s Mark is the seventh in Carla Neggers’ Sharpe & Donovan series, featuring two FBI agents. However, for those of us who haven’t read one in the series, this may be a good start. Emma Sharpe and Colin Donovan are on their honeymoon, so...

Of Books and Bagpipes by Paige Shelton

April 04, 2017

Who knew a bookstore owner could get in so much trouble? Delaney Nichols, an American now working at The Cracked Spine in Edinburgh, Scotland, rediscovers that her boss, Edwin MacAlister, has a mysterious past. Some of those secrets come to light in Paige...

Very Important Corpses by Simon R. Green

February 06, 2017

Ishmael Jones returns in Simon R. Green’s third mystery in that series, Very Important Corpses. It’s a locked room mystery in which most of the supporting characters die. But, that’s what happens in those country house mysteries in which everyone is...

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

September 03, 2016

I could go two ways with my review of Jenny Colgan’s charming novel, The Bookshop on the Corner. So, today, I’ll do the book-related review. Tomorrow, I’ll comment about the book’s impact on me personally. No one cares about that, except me,...

The Cracked Spine by Paige Shelton

March 28, 2016

When Delaney Nichols lost her job at a small museum in Kansas, she had no idea she would end up in Edinburgh, Scotland in the middle of a murder mystery. But, then, she had answered an ad for “a bold adventurer”. Paige Shelton introduces the intrepid...