I think of winter as a great reading time, and so do the publishers… However, I am a year-round reader, and I suspect most of the people I know are also in that category… The Hot Country by Timothy Hallinan, Deadly Spells by Jaye Wells, Working Stiff by Judy Melinek, M.D., and T.J. Mitchell, Darkness on his Bones by Barbara Humbly
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BOOKS & BLOG: May 20, 2016
Hot on the heels of the excellent news that the pilot of MIDNIGHT TEXAS was picked up by NBC, I was on the plane to New York to attend the up-front extravaganza the network puts on every year for advertisers… The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo, Murder at the Manor edited by Martin Edwards, Fellside by M.R. Carey, Burned by Benedict Jacka, Swimsuit Body by Eileen Goudge
Books & Blog: April 18, 2016
I’ve had the pleasant adventure of being on several television sets, and it’s always fascinating to see how it all works. For every actor, there are maybe ten (or more) people off-screen doing a myriad of jobs to make a few seconds of film happen… Borderline by Mishell Baker, Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
Books & Blog: March 15, 2016
My distressing viewing this week was the news. Any year we are having a presidential election, the news revs up a notch, but this year is particularly divisive and dramatic… Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop, Double Dead by Chuck Wendig, Staked by Kevin Hearne, The Brimstone Deception by Lisa Shearin
Books & Blog: March 3, 2016
Books of the Week: You, Caroline Kepnes Off Kilter, Hannah Reed Chaos Choreography, Seanan McGuire Otherworld Secrets, Hidden, Forbidden, Kelley Armstrong Stiletto, Daniel O’Malley It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, and I have a lot of books to catch up to. I’d...
Books & Blog: February 1, 2016
Books of the Week: A High-End Finish, Kate Carlisle Quiet Neighbors, Catriona McPherson In Their Own Words, edited by Elizabeth Foxwell Hunter, Mercedes Lackey Now that I’m back in the conventional mystery business, it was a pleasure to pick up A High-End Finish....
Books & Blog: January 24, 2016
January 24, 2016 Sorcerer to the Crown, Zen Cho An Apprentice to Elves, Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear The Journal of Helene Barr, translated by David Bellow The Arrivals, Melissa Marr Somehow, I hadn’t heard of Zen Cho’s book until recently. But it’s a marvelous...
Books & Blog: January 4, 2016
Books of the Week: A Jane Austen Christmas, Carlo DeVito Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica Knoll The Promise, Robert Crais Shadows of Self, Brandon Sanderson Furiously Happy, Jenny Lawson Carlo DeVito's book was an appropriate book to have around during the holidays. I...
Books & Blog: December 14, 2015
Books of the Week: The Aeronaut’s Windlass, Jim Butcher Chimera, Mira Grant Nevermore, Rob Thurman A Lady’s Guide to Ruin, Kathleen Kimmel It’s always exciting to get a new Jim Butcher novel, and this debut of a new series is especially exciting. The Aeronaut’s...
Books & Blog: November 23, 2015
Charming, Elliott James Follow Her Home, Steph Cha Long Upon the Land, Margaret Maron The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith The Walk, Lee Goldberg Elliott James's book Charming is an interesting take on fairy tales. John Charming comes from a long line of men dedicated to...