Cordelia is haunting her old apartment in a sketchy area of Boston. Ruby is the current tenant. They have solved two murders in the first two books in the series. They feel like old friends now. In The Key to a Killer they attempt to solve a rash of breakContinue Reading
After 33 previous books in this series, you kind of know what you will be getting in the latest Andy Carpenter legal mystery, Bark Humbug. Andy, the rich snarky lawyer who just wants to be retired. His oh-so-competent wife, Laurie, and his 16-year-old son, Ricky. Plus a plethora of cuteContinue Reading
A book that promises to tell me How to Win? Sign me up. Skreeech! With math? Let me think about it. This book uses the math concepts of probability to show you what your odds are with various bets. I thought Probability in college was fun and an easy A.Continue Reading
Frank is a taciturn home inspector who also expels ghosts. Grace is a reality show producer looking for a new innovative show. They sound like a perfect match when Grace’s BFF Ness brings them together. But both are suspicious of each other. Can they work together to solve some ghostContinue Reading
With nine mysterious but true stories, The Terror Within caters to multiple tastes. Spanning Bigfoot to demons to precognitive dreams, each story is briefly told. Most have answers to the mysteries but a few do not. Are monsters real? Are these stories evidence of them? Or are they just showingContinue Reading
As a long time fan of reality television, there was not much new in True Lies. Despite interviewing Gordon Ramsey and Julie Chen Moonves, there were no direct quotes. Also, the interviews were from 2023 or earlier, so they referred to “new” shows like Next Level Chef that has alreadyContinue Reading
If there is one word I would use to describe the new horror novel Nightjars, it would be disappointing. Maybe because I am used to reading mysteries and thrillers, I expect at least one twist before a book’s conclusion. Nightjars fails on that account. When the photos start arriving showingContinue Reading
Finally, another book in one of favorite cozy mystery series, The Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. In The Ghost and the Dead Librarian, a former librarian writes a genealogical tell all about the local families. Secrets are about to be spilled. No wonder she turns up dead at her book launch party.Continue Reading