Book Review: White as Snow, Lilja Sigurðardóttir

Book Review: White as Snow, An Áróra Investigation Book 3, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Mystery: White as Snow, An Áróra Investigation Book 3, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates   There is something appropriate about reading this book on a cold October day near Halloween. No snow here, yet, but the forecast is warning of […]

Blog Tour: Meet Me in Milan, KD Sherrinford

Book Review: Meet Me in Milan, Sherlock Holmes & Irene Adler Mysteries Book 3, KD Sherrinford Mystery: Meet Me in Milan, Sherlock Holmes & Irene Adler Mysteries Book 3, KD Sherrinford Blog Tour October 27, 2023   I will confess to having a sweet tooth. You would be forgiven if, after looking at me, you assumed I […]

Blog Tour: The Puppet Maker, Jenny O’Brien

Book Review: The Puppet Maker, Detective Alana Mack Book 1, Jenny O’Brien Mystery: The Puppet Maker, Detective Alana Mack Book 1, Jenny O’Brien   I am thoroughly annoyed that I agreed to review this book. Not because I didn’t like it, but because I did like it. I have way too many series to read without now […]

Book Review: Silent Key, Laurel Hightower

Book Review: Silent Key, Laurel Hightower Mystery: Silent Key, Laurel Hightower   “My husband died screaming.”   That jolting sentence tosses the reader immediately into the deep end of a pool of a supernatural mystery, which began for the characters before the start of the book. Cam, a former NYPD detective, lost her husband under […]

Book Review: The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison

Book Review: The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison Mystery/Fantasy: The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison   I’m not entirely sure anything could have prepared me for this book. The author does provide enough introduction to get one started, but this is possibly the strangest book I will read this year. It is also […]

Book Review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers

Book Review: To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers Science Fiction: To Be Taught, If Fortunate, Becky Chambers   Imagine you are on a deep space mission to explore possibly inhabitable worlds and visit previously colonized planets. You spend most of the trip in cryogenic sleep, waking only when you approach your destination. You look […]

Blog Tour: The Beaver Theory, Antti Tuomainen

Book Review: The Beaver Theory, The Rabbit Factor Series, Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston Mystery/Thriller: The Beaver Theory, The Rabbit Factor Series, Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston Blog Tour, October 11, 2023   Henri Koskinen finds himself in a very unfamiliar state of mind. He is happy. His relationship with Laura Helanto has progressed to […]

Book Review: The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison

Book Review: The Grief of Stones, The Chronicles of Osreth Book 2, Katherine Addison   Fantasy: The Grief of Stones, The Chronicles of Osreth Book 2, Katherine Addison   Thara Celehar is a Witness for the Dead. He has the ability to speak to the recently deceased, often (though not always) allowing him to find information that […]