Fatal Family Ties by S.C. Perkins

July 20, 2021

If you follow S.C. Perkins’ Ancestry Detective series, I’m sure you’ve noticed the clever way the publisher chooses to illustrate the reference area for genealogist Lucy Lancaster. It’s obvious that Fatal Family Ties deals with the American...

The Drummers by Tricia Fields

April 04, 2021

It’s been five years since the last Josie Gray mystery from Tricia Fields, the Hillerman Award-winning author. The Drummers was worth waiting for. It’s a ripped from the headlines, riveting story. It might still be a little too timely for some readers, but...

Bending the Paw by Diane Kelly

October 27, 2020

Diane Kelly successfully combines police procedural with cozy mystery in the ninth Paw Enforcement mystery, Bending the Paw.  It’s too bad Officer Megan Luz of the Fort Worth Police Department doesn’t have her dog, Brigit’s, nose. Cases...

Lineage Most Lethal by S. C. Perkins

July 25, 2020

Is this the kind of amateur sleuth, or, actually, the kind of character you would like to see in a book? “I don’t apologize for loving learning and information. I’m smart, I’m good at my job, I work hard, and I’m proud of it.” Those...

The Moonglow Sisters by Lori Wilde

March 04, 2020

Lori Wilde’s The Moonglow Sisters is the story of three young women and the influence they have on a small community, in good times and in bad. Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because I am one of three sisters. It may have been a little too philosophical at times,...