Murder Most Fowl by Bill Crider

July 06, 2024

There’s so much to love about Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries. Murder Most Fowl is the seventh in the series, and this one deals with cockfighting and emu rustling in Texas. Crider introduces one or two new subjects in each book. I had no idea...

Booked for a Hanging by Bill Crider

June 30, 2024

The sixth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery by Bill Crider, Booked for a Hanging, is my favorite in the series so far. It has to deal with a rare book dealer and a possible missing book. Just fits my taste. When a rare book dealer from Houston, Hal Brame, shows up at the...

Evil at the Root by Bill Crider

June 21, 2024

After reading Nelson DeMille’s disappointing novel, Plum Island, I picked up a story I knew I would enjoy. I’m reading my way through Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes mysteries. The fifth in the series, Evil at the Root, finds the sheriff so involved...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – All the Rage in Texas by Russ Hall

May 21, 2024

Finished! Last night I finished the last of the nine books I was reading and reviewing for Library Journal. I didn’t finish until until 8 PM, though, so I’m calling on a review from Kevin Tipple. I should have one of my own on Wednesday. Thank you, Kevin,...

Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan

April 10, 2024

What do you say about a novel that combines horror, mystery, Southern charm, and a coming-of-age story? Lindy Ryan’s Bless Your Heart is about four strong women in the Evans family who run a funeral parlor in their Southeast Texas hometown. But, they’re...