An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten

December 03, 2018

I want to be like Helene Tursten’s character Maud when I’m eighty-eight years old. So, that’s a warning if any of you remember that in twenty-seven years. Tursten’s Detective Inspector Irene Huss makes two brief appearances in the story...

Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer

February 18, 2018

Georgette Heyer is recognized as “The” author of Regency Romances. Her Regencies are considered the model of all other ones. When Heyer’s official biographer, Jennifer Kloester, discovered three short stories that had not been republished since they...

The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

October 28, 2017

As it gets close to Christmas, librarians are often asked for unusual holiday books. This year, my pick may be The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers. These aren’t the typical Christmas stories. Eighteen Soho Crime authors present...

Matchup edited by Lee Child

June 24, 2017

International Thriller Writers (ITW) supports itself by publishing anthologies. This year’s book is edited by Lee Child. Matchup teams up some of the most recognizable names in the writing business. Each author, a male and a female, brings one of their...

No Middle Name by Lee Child

June 18, 2017

Jack Reacher is trouble. Wherever he stumbles upon injustice, he’s going to take steps to correct it. For those of us who missed some of the stories in which author Lee Child wrote about Reacher’s past, those stories are now in an anthology, No Middle...