Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is one of the best mysteries I read in 2008 (and I read a heap of mysteries). […]
Strong Women: great, gritty Scottish detectives from Denise Mina and Val McDermid
I read all kinds of mysteries, but I find I’m particularly drawn to those with smart, tough, independent women characters. Denise Mina has written two […]
“The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society” and “Skeletons at the Feast”: two must-read recent novels on World War II
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Skeletons at the Feast, Chris Bohjalian I stumbled (luckily) on both […]
Dogs Rule III: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is hugely popular right now, but if you haven’t already read it, let me recommend it highly. This is an […]
Fun to read, but bad for you? Daniel Silva’s “Moscow Rules”
So let’s start with a quick plot summary. If you haven’t read Daniel Silva lately, Gabriel Allon, Israeli Secret Service, has been an intentionally low profile hero […]
Literate, dark, and suspenseful: Tana French’s mysteries are great
Tana French’s first book, In the Woods, won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. It is subtle and beautifully written, the kind of […]
Dogs Rule II
I’m just back from vacation (wonderful). I continue to think about dogs and miss our Bouvier, Lucy. We are talking about locating our next dog […]
Dogs rule!
I’m a dog person. Today, I am without a dog for the first time in more than 20 years after losing my dog (Lucy, a Bouvier) […]
A new hybrid: horror meets spiritual development
Let me backtrack to Dean Koontz’s first Odd novel, Odd Thomas, in which the charming, quirky Odd is introduced. He is a twenty year old […]
