Books of the Week: Past Tense, Catherine Aird Poison Fruit, Jacqueline Carey The Shifting Price of Prey, Suzanne McLeod It’s only fair to remark that I got about a third of the way through a mystery when I realized I just didn’t care about any of the characters enough...
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Books & Blog: March 23, 2015
Books of the Week Last Writes, Catherine Aird The Last Kashmiri Rose, Barbara Cleverly Now You See Her, Sharon Bolton Murder in Waiting, Mignon G. Eberhart Even minor work by Catherine Aird is sure to entertain, and this collection of her short stories is no...
Books & Blog: March 9, 2015
Books of the Week City of Stairs, Robert Jackson Bennett Pocket Apocalypse, Seanan McGuire Deadshifted, Cassie Alexander Uprooted, Naomi Novik, on sale JUNE 30 The jacket copy, which calls City of Stairs a “stunningly original work of fantasy,” is not exaggerating. I...
Books & Blog: February 23, 2015
Books of the Week Burned, Karen Marie Moning Murder Most Persuasive, Tracy Kiely Bound by Flames, Jeaniene Frost As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust, Alan Bradley Vision in Silver, Anne Bishop Mystery in White, J. Jefferson Farjeon I’ve read a delightful assortment of...
Books & Blog: January 26, 2015
Books of the Week: Nice, Jen Sacks The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Patrick Rothfuss Dry Bones in the Valley, Tom Bouman Symbiont, Mira Grant Jen Sacks’s Nice came recommended by another member of Sisters in Crime. The description of it – “A girl hates breaking up...
Books & Blog: January 12, 2015
Books of the Week: The Professionals, Owen Laukkanen Bless Her Dead Little Heart, Miranda James Let me make a confession. When I began The Professionals, I knew nothing about Owen Laukkanen, and I vaguely assumed he was one of the Scandinavian writers making a big...
Books & Blog: January 4, 2015
Books of the Week: A Madness of Angels, Kate Griffin The Naturals, Jennifer Barnes Dead Heading, Catherine Aird Jinn and Juice, Nicole Peeler Prince Lestat, Anne Rice The Likeness, Tana French Matthew Swift returns to life lying on the floor in his London bedroom . ....
November 2, 2014
Books of the Week: Hidden, Benedict Jacka The Winter Long, Seanan McGuire Undead and Unwary, MaryJanice Davidson Dear Daughter, Elizabeth Little A jackpot of good reading this past couple of weeks, with only a couple of discards. I am always excited to get a new...
October 20, 2014
Books of the Week: A Demon Summer, G.M. Malliet Personal, Lee Child Murder at Honeychurch Hall, Hannah Dennison The Beautiful Ashes, Jeaniene Frost On my recent vacation, I read a lot of old Miss Marple and Poirot novels by the late, great, Agatha Christie. These...
August 29, 2014
Books of the Week: The Poisoned Chocolates Case, Anthony Berkeley Downfall, Rob Thurman The Skeleton Takes a Bow, Leigh Perry Written in My Own Heart's Blood, Diana Gabaldon Anthony Berkeley's wonderful mystery was originally written in 1929, and it's still a great...