Susan Wittig Albert’s latest installment in the China Bayles series has been released. It is titled Wormwood. I am still working my way through this […]
Farewell to “The Cat Who…”
It was with sadness that I heard that The Cat Who Smelled Smoke would not be coming out—it was supposed to have been published a […]
Templar Knight Mystery Alert
For anyone who has read the first two Templar Knight Mysteries (The Alehouse Murders and Death of a Squire) or my blog about them, the […]
Calling all Laura Childs fans–
My sister, Bridget, turned me on to Laura Childs’ Tea Shop mysteries a couple of years ago. I’ve read several and I like them. She also reads the Scrapbook […]
Jane Whitefield is back: “Runner”
After a hiatus of nine years, Thomas Perry has written the sixth Jane Whitefield novel. I don’t know when I have been more excited to […]
Another Strong Woman in the Mysteries of Marianne Wesson
Render Up the Body, A Suggestion of Death, and Chilling Effect I don’t know how I missed these mysteries as they were published (1998, 2000, […]
More strong women: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” from Stieg Larsson and the Mallory mysteries from Carol O’Connell
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 […]
Dolls and Robbery — What Could They Have in Common?
The Heights Library System has a local authors’ collection that is continually growing. Sometimes we stumble upon authors and find that they lived in or were associated […]
