Stay Awake
Liv wakes up in the back of a NYC cab with no memory of how she got there or where the cab is taking her. When she arrives at her apartment, strangers are living there and quickly kick her back outside. Liv has no purse, so she looks through herContinue Reading
Dear Little Corpses
A rent collector is murdered, and children are missing in Dear Little Corpses, the latest Josephine Tey mystery. The heroine of Dear Little Corpses is a fictionalized Josephine Tey. Tey was a writer of laudable British golden age mysteries that fictionalized historical figures. This book attempts to do the sameContinue Reading
Three Assassins
Suzuki just began working for a criminal enterprise. He quit his middle school mathematics teaching job to try and enact revenge for his wife’s death. The son of the enterprise’s owner killed Suzuki’s wife in a hit-and-run accident. However, the son is soon murdered by a private assassin, The Pusher,Continue Reading
The Family Remains
In London, Lucy and Henry are siblings who share a horrible childhood. But they are now grown up and recently received trust funds from their deceased parents. When a man from their troubled past resurfaces, the siblings are forced to dissect The Family Remains. Meanwhile, Lucy’s abusive ex is foundContinue Reading
Round Up the Usual Peacocks
Round Up the Usual Peacocks is the thirty-first book in the Meg Langslow series! Meg’s brother, Rob, is getting married in the social event of the season. And Meg has finally, well mostly, extracted herself from the endless set of pre-wedding chores her mother has in mind for her. Meg’sContinue Reading
Tour Guest Post Shielding the Tiny Target
Author Guest Post Ending One Chapter and Beginning Another In Shielding the Tiny Target, Ava has already had to uproot her life and go on the run once, leaving everything she knew behind. Now, she’s faced with the possibility of having to do so again. Throughout the story she isContinue Reading
Gangland
Gangland is a standard story of the Chicago mob in its waning days beginning in the 1970s. While some of the characters are real people, others have been created for this book. I spent a lot of time on Wikipedia trying to separate the truth from the fiction. Overall, IContinue Reading
Tour Spotlight Fragrance of Death
About The Fragrance of Death Restaurateur Sally Solari has a nose for trouble, but when her sense of smell goes missing, it’s not just her career on the line . . . it’s her life. Restaurateur Sally Solari is a champion, both in the kitchen and on the case, butContinue Reading
Decorative Needle Felting Projects
Decorative Needle Felting Projects has fully illustrated instructions showing how to turn wool into cute designs for your home and jewelry chest. The book begins with an extensive section on tools and techniques. It then includes twenty projects: five per season. They include Easter eggs for Spring, a brooch forContinue Reading
Murder Spills the Tea
Lily is the owner of a tea shop on the grounds of her grandmother Rose’s elegant Cape Cod B&B. In Murder Spills the Tea, Rose and Lily’s bestie, Bernie, enter Lily’s tea shop in a reality TV show competition. While not happy at losing four days of paying customers, LilyContinue Reading
The New Neighbor
In The New Neighbor, CIA analyst Beth is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. She and her husband, Mike, are officially empty nesters once they drop their youngest child off at college. Their beautiful house has sold and they’re downsizing to a much smaller rental house tomorrow.Continue Reading
Coached Red-Handed
In Coached Red-Handed, coach Cat has a new client. Scarlet Rubi is a fabulously rich romance author who is sick of supporting her extended family. Her sister, nephew, two grown children, and two granddaughters have never done anything in their lives but suck money away from her. Cat and ScarletContinue Reading
Split Decision
As a person gets older, they begin to reflect on decision points where their life could have moved in a completely new direction. Ice-T, and his former companion in crime, Spike, must be at that point. In Split Decision, they look at each of those points and try to seeContinue Reading
The Big Dark Sky
What did I just read? Aliens, cults, ghosts, hackers and a serial killer are all key players under The Big Dark Sky of Montana. A group of people are called to the Rustling Willows Ranch in Montana. Wyatt Ryder, a private detective, is paid by the ranch’s owner to investigateContinue Reading
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is, of course, based on the famous tale by H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau. The original story was a cautionary tale against man’s hubris. The movie into which it was made was a horror film. This book, however, is a look into aContinue Reading
Kids Cook Gluten-Free
If you child has dreams of winning Master Chef Junior, Kids Cook Gluten-Free is a good way to learn to cook easily. The author includes extra steps that aren’t in regular recipes, like wear oven mitts to take items out of the oven, to help teach kids how to cookContinue Reading