Spare Parts tells the true, and frequently bloody, story of how mankind began transplanting skin, blood, teeth and organs from person to person. It began with noses. Noses were lost frequently in the past due to duels, war injuries, criminal punishments, and venereal disease. Using tree grafting as a model,Continue Reading
In Friend of the Devil, insurance investigator Sam is looking for a missing rare book at the hoity-toity boarding school, Danforth Putnam. He is helped, and hindered, by the school’s faculty, staff, and students. But what he ultimately finds will be miraculous. Friend of the Devil is marketed as aContinue Reading
Author Guest Post What do you do if you’re a writer having a wonderful time on vacation, especially if you’re a mystery writer? Your mind gets moving, and you come up with a plot. Several plots, possibly for a series. A series in which you murder people in the delightfulContinue Reading
The Marlow Murder Club has an engagingly different pair of amateur sleuths. Becks is a middle-aged vicar’s wife in the small rural English town of Marlow. She is frustrated with how her life is so structured and rule based. Judith Potts is a free-spirited crossword creator who doesn’t let herContinue Reading
Seventy-something widow Nonna Maria lives on a small Italian island. She is famous for helping her friends and neighbors with their problems. In Nonna Maria and the Case of the Missing Bride, she looks into the curious case of a soon-to-be bride, who doesn’t remember how she became engaged. ItContinue Reading
Feeling creative but don’t have much time or money? 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolor can show you how to paint a beautiful watercolor in only fifteen minutes! Beginning watercolor kits containing all the supplies necessary are as low as $12. With step-by-step instructions, 15-Minute Painting: Effortless Watercolor will allow anyone toContinue Reading
I confess that I am fascinated by, and a bit addicted to, streaming TV. I have every popular service as well as a few obscure ones like Britbox and Wondrium. However, I still find myself frequently at a loss to find a great show to watch. I hate to complainContinue Reading
In Magpie, Marisa and Jake meet and quickly move in together. They try immediately to have a child. When Marisa becomes pregnant, the couple rent a room to Kate to make ends meet. Marisa feels that Kate is overly familiar with Jake. Is it just the pregnancy hormones making MarisaContinue Reading
FBI Special Agent Matt Costas is head of the Bureau’s Mobile Response Team. The Team is a multi-agency unit that rushes to the scenes of crimes. This time, nine people are dead after a bomb explodes aboard a charter boat cruise off the San Juan Islands of Washington state. TheContinue Reading
I have a nasty little secret (for a book review blogger). I don’t like to read book blurbs. It spoils the surprise for me. Because of this possible flaw, How to Tell a Story was not what I expected. It is specifically discussing how to prepare to tell a trueContinue Reading
Author Guest Post What makes a good murder victim? Some questions only get asked in certain professions. I confess (pun intended), that my work as a mystery author often leads me to ask some…unusual…questions. How long do certain toxic gasses need to take effect? If you only intended to harmContinue Reading
In Diablo Mesa, archeologist Nora Kelly is tricked into working on a project at the site of the Roswell Incident in 1947—even though she doesn’t believe in extraterrestrials. While excavating, Nora’s team discovers the bodies of a man and a woman that appear to date from the 1940s. In addition,Continue Reading
Sixty-something Poppy runs the Desert Flowers Detective Agency in Palm Springs along with Violet, Iris, and out-of-work actor Matt. Poppy was a popular television actress in the 1980s. In Poppy Harmon and the Backstabbing Bachelor, Poppy goes undercover trying to catch a thieving in-home elder care assistant. Poppy has aContinue Reading
My Review Psychics, missing persons, witches, corpses, and vampires? Redemption, Wisconsin, is my kind of town! Charlie runs a tea and tincture service from her house. One of her customers, eighty-year-old retired schoolteacher Mildred, is concerned about her neighbor. It seems Jonas has taken a month-long vacation without telling her.Continue Reading
600,000 people get released from jails and prisons each year. What happens to these people? While 68% return to incarceration within three years, what obstacles did the remaining 32% successfully hurdle to achieve real freedom? Free uses the stories of six former prisoners to show the challenges that reentry toContinue Reading
So, you decided to begin a garden. But you live in a place with no yard or even a balcony? Plus, money is tight right now? No problem with Apartment Kitchen Gardening by your side. This book feels like your best friend is speaking directly to you about how toContinue Reading