Blog Tour: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace

Series Review: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace   Series Review: The D.I. Sterling Series, Lorraine Mace Blog Tour August 1, 2022   A quick apology first: I put August 1 on my calendar and never double checked until starting to write this review when I realized that all of the publicity said July 15. […]

Blog Tour: A Killer Legacy, Jim McGhee

Book Review: A Killer Legacy: DI Barney Mains, Jim McGhee   Mystery: A Killer Legacy: DI Barney Mains, Jim McGhee Blog Tour July 27, 2022   DI Barney Mains has become quite fond of Nice, France. So it is no major hardship when he is seconded to the Nice police force as a liaison to investigate crimes […]

Blog Tour: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley

Book Review: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley Historical Fiction: By Her Own Design, Piper Huguley Blog Tour, July 25, 2022   I am not often drawn to fictionalized biographies of actual historical figures. Sometimes, though, they are the only way to share a life’s story when the details are obscured by history. Contemporary records […]

Book Review: The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson

Book Review: The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson                   Science Fiction: The Space Between Worlds, Micaiah Johnson   Cara is a “traverser.” Technology exists that allows people to traverse between dimensions, to visit other versions of Earth. Coming from a world with stark distinctions between the white […]

Blog Tour: The Retreat, Sarah Pearse

Book Review: The Retreat, Detective Elin Warner Book 2, Sarah Pearse                   Mystery/Thriller: The Retreat, Detective Elin Warner Book 2, Sarah Pearse Blog Tour July 22, 2022   Elin Warner has been on reduced duty since returning from Switzerland. Despite her eagerness to return to her position […]

Book Review: A Taste for Poison, Neil Bradbury

Book Review: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them,  Neil Bradbury   Nonfiction/Science: A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, Neil Bradbury   Readers and writers often joke about the dangerous Google search history of thriller writers. Explosives, armaments, far off places, creative […]

Book Review: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones

Book Review: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones   Nonfiction: A Clouded Leopard in the Middle of the Road, Darryl Jones   When our youngest son started driving on his own he experienced something all too familiar to residents of central Pennsylvania–indeed, residents throughout much of the US and other […]

Book Review: Maisie Dobbs, Jaqueline Winspear

Book Review: Maisie Dobbs, Maisie Dobbs Book 1, Jaqueline Winspear   Mystery: Maisie Dobbs, Maisie Dobbs Book 1, Jaqueline Winspear   Every so often I run across an older book or series that makes me question my reading choices from years gone by. Maisie Dobbs is one of those books.   Jacqueline Winspear’s protagonist is a private […]