After I had three people recommend The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to me within the space of a week, I decided to give it a try. I discovered in the bookstore that I was not unique; the cover of Entertainment Weekly was devoted to the Dragon Tattoo phenomenon. Obviously, I had jumped on a…
In Shelter Cove is the latest in Barbara Freethy’s Angel’s Bay series. While I haven’t read the other books, this one captured my interest from the first and held it until the end. Brianna Kane and her young son Lucas moved to Angel’s Bay after her husband Derek was killed weeks before his release from…
Sworn to Silence is the first book of the Kate Burkholder series about a formerly Amish chief of police who is charged with maintaining the safety of both the Amish and the English citizens in her small Ohio town, Painters Mill. I quite enjoyed it and look forward to the next in the series, coming…
After hearing reviewers and readers alike rave about Ms. Spencer-Fleming’s mysteries featuring an ex-army female Episcopalian priest, I had to give it a go. And man oh man oh man. Was I ever hooked. Meet Reverend Clare Fergusson – 35 years old, ex-Air Force, long dirty blond hair that’s she’s always twisting into a bun,…
I picked Super in the City to review because it sounded like an interesting combination of chick lit and mystery, two of my favorite genres. Unfortunately, it didn’t work for me as either. Zephyr Zuckerman lives just a few floors from her parents in their New York City brownstone. It’s a good thing she has…
I am very lucky that my local library system offers the option of checking out, via download, audio books and e-books. Since I got an MP3 player for my birthday, I’ve been exploring my various audio options. Because romance options on audio are slim and mostly limited to bestselling authors I don’t particularly enjoy, I’ve…
Laughter of Dead Kings is the long-awaited final episode in Elizabeth Peters’ Vicky Bliss series. While I found it to be an enjoyable read, my appreciation must be placed within the context of being a longtime fan of Ms. Peters’ Amelia Peabody series, as well as a more recent fan of this one. Vicky Bliss…
In the past eight weeks or so I have devoured all six of Julia Spencer-Fleming’s Rev. Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mysteries. I was hooked from the very first book by the chemistry between the pair as well as the author’s strong writing and solid plotting. I Shall Not Want is the most recent look into…
Margaret Maron’s Deborah Knott mystery series has been rather uneven for me. Unfortunately, the latest entry is not one of the better books in the series. Deborah is a judge in a formerly rural part of North Carolina that is now one of the fastest growing in the U.S.. In this latest book, Deborah’s fellow…
I listen to a lot of audiobooks and have read mysteries for years, so Karin Slaughter’s Martin Misunderstood, an original audio novella, seemed perfect. It wasn’t. Martin is an obese 36-year-old who lives with his mother. Bullied all his life by his mother and his peers, he’s now bullied by his co-workers at Southern Toilet…
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