The King’s Ransom is another fun and fast paced Recovery Agent novel from the bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series. Gabriela recovers lost items for a living—not as a charity. But when her still sexy ex-husband Rafer needs help, she has to pitch in. Rafer’s cousin, Harley has obligatedContinue Reading
Walter Nash has it all. He is a top executive with a beautiful wife and daughter. He has plenty of money to spend as he wishes. Then the FBI comes crashing into his life. They want him to inform on his crooked boss. Will he ruin his comfy life byContinue Reading
The title of The Foodie Diet seems like a misnomer. I think of a foodie as someone who loves food, not supplements, which the author heavily promotes late in the book. I also expected more unusual recipes, and honestly, more of them. These recipes seemed too basic for a trueContinue Reading
In Tidying the Abyss, it’s like the author has snuck around in my house at night while I was sleeping. Otherwise, how does she know that I have an unopened mop box (she must have missed the still boxed Roomba, vacuum and generic swift jet in my garage)? She evenContinue Reading
Mix Alice in Wonderland with Jurassic Park. Add a dash of every science fiction sub genre but especially time travel. Voila, you have God’s Junk Drawer! Twelve-year-old Billy is found in Thailand after being missing for five years from Maine. He has wild tales of the missing years including encountersContinue Reading
The Encyclopedia of Soups and Stews has over 300 recipes. Every soup or stew you have ever heard of, and many that you haven’t, grace these pages. About 25% of the recipes have pictures. Unfortunately, none have nutritional information or allergen warnings. Even though the book states it is forContinue Reading
Who doesn’t love a fast food or restaurant’s special sauce? Secret Sauce contains a huge collection of copycat recipes from McDonald’s Big Mac to Olive Garden’s Alfredo and marinara sauces. The recipes are easy enough for anyone to follow. The ingredients can be found in most grocery stories. I madeContinue Reading
I loved the author’s first book, My Sister, the Serial Killer. It was completely original and hilarious. The dynamics between the sisters was the best part. Seven years later, the author’s sophomore novel, Cursed Daughters, was released. I couldn’t wait to read it. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. While this bookContinue Reading
The Strand is a British mystery magazine known best for publishing the first Sherlock Holmes story well over a century ago. The Best of “The Strand Magazine” anthology collects 29 tales published within the last twenty-five years. Their authors are as diverse as Michael Connelly, Shirley Jackson and H.G. Wells.Continue Reading
A group of five women met at Harvard as college roommates. For the past twenty years, they have been playing essentially a game of tag once a year. Each player draws a name and must retrieve that person’s medallion by shooting each other with water pistols. The winner got braggingContinue Reading
Are you ready for a fun little Christmas mystery set in a rural English village, where everyone knows your name, and all your business? The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder provides all that while also managing to be gently humorous too. It really is the perfect cozy mystery when you needContinue Reading