That Old Scoundrel Death by Bill Crider

February 18, 2019

Bill Crider showed so much courage last year, sharing his cancer diagnosis on social media while he kept shocked readers and friends updated with the course of the disease that killed him. When you read the twenty-fifth and final Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, That...

Big Woods by May Cobb

July 08, 2018

May Cobb’s debut suspense novel, Big Woods, isn’t the type of book I would normally read. I’m not a fan of women or children in jeopardy novels. But, I was asked to review this one for a journal, and I’m glad I did. It was one of the best...

Murder of a Good Man by Teresa Trent

January 15, 2018

I liked the first mystery in Teresa Trent’s new Piney Woods series. I really did, and I hope to read the next book. But, her stereotypes and comment about a senior really bothered me when I realized how old the character was. And, neither the author nor the...

A Reckoning in the Back Country by Terry Shames

January 08, 2018

I don’t know about you, but I’m a big fan of Police Chief Samuel Craddock of Jarrett Creek, Texas. The small town lawman is authentic and believable as he deals with crimes in the small community. In Terry Shames’ latest mystery, A Reckoning in...

Dead, To Begin With by Bill Crider

July 30, 2017

“Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatsoever about that.” With the opening lines of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol as the inspiration for his new mystery, Bill Crider challenges Sheriff Dan Rhodes. Is Jake Marley’s...