Courting Mr. Lincoln
In a 2017 C-SPAN poll, President Lincoln was found to be the best President by 91 historians and authors. But how was his personal life? In Courting Mr. Lincoln, his future wife, Mary Todd, and his best friend, Joshua Speed, tell his story during the last twenty-five years of hisContinue Reading
Inspector Ghote’s Good Crusade
Inspector Ghote’s Good Crusade is a classic mystery from 1966. Set in India, it is only the second entry in the long-running series. Inspector Ghote of the Bombay Criminal Investigation Division is investigating a murder. The victim was a rich American philanthropist. He died of arsenic poisoning at his homeContinue Reading
Southern Double Cross Author Interview and Giveaway
Author Interview Describe your latest book, Southern Double Cross, in five words or less. Good clean cozy fun! You have written two complete series, the Lizzie Hart Mysteries and the Java Jive Mystery series. Both series are complete with five books each. Does that mean we can expect two moreContinue Reading
The Great Witches Baking Show Spotlight
The Great Witches Baking Show by Nancy Warren on Tour February 1-29, 2019 My Review: Imagine! You have been selected to be on The Great British Baking Contest. Once there, you slowly realize that there are witches as both hosts and contestants. In fact, they should call it the GreatContinue Reading
Dogs: A Coloring and Activity Book for Kids
So, have you tried everything to get your kids off their phones and tablets? Dogs: A Coloring and Activity Book for Kids will keep your children or grandchildren (ages 4-8) occupied for hours. Only crayons or colored pencils are necessary to color beautiful dogs. Dogs: A Coloring and Activity BookContinue Reading
A Crafter Quilts a Crime Guest Post and Giveaway
A Crafter Quilts a Crime: A Handcrafted Mystery by Holly Quinn Author Guest Post See this handsome dog in the photo? He reminds me of the Golden that inspired Bara, Sammy’s best furry friend in the Handcrafted Mystery series. Can’t you just picture him sitting in her store, Community Craft,Continue Reading
The Only Child
Can serial killers be identified while still children? A new Korean thriller, The Only Child, attempts to answer that question by merging a family drama with a jailed serial killer’s tale. Beginning with a police procedural investigating a series of arsons, the book then tells the first-person tale of aContinue Reading
Something that may Shock and Discredit You
I think I’m missing something here. Despite thinking the Mensa test was easy, I just don’t understand the stories within Something that may Shock and Discredit You. That may mean I am discredited, when I wanted to be shocked. I feel that there is probably a brilliantly funny undertow runningContinue Reading
Midnight Sons Spotlight and Giveaway
Sam’s Folly Midnight Sons Book 1 by Carmen DeSousa Genre: Romantic Suspense When a bigwig fight promoter needs someone to search for his missing fiancée, he hires expert tracker Sam Belgarde and his search dogs. Sam is more than a little reluctant. His family’s company, Search and Rescue Alaska, isContinue Reading
Don’t Look Down Spotlight and Giveaway
About Don’t Look Down Don’t Look Down (Shadows of New York) Psychological Thriller 2nd in Series Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 11, 2020) From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of One Small Sacrifice, a gripping mystery about a sinister murder that everyone wants to stay buried—except one dogged NYPD detective.Continue Reading
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Even poor children in India like watching television detectives. Nine-year-old Jai and his best friend Pari have their first case. Their classmate, Bahadur, turns up missing from their neighborhood. And he isn’t the only missing child. They investigate in the slums of India as the Djinn Patrol on the PurpleContinue Reading
Field Guide to Citizen Science
“There will always be more unknown than known, more rocks waiting to be overturned.” To be a part-time scientist, you only need a cell phone and the Field Guide to Citizen Science. SciStarter.org is an online database of more than 1,600 science projects that need help from regular people justContinue Reading
Things in Jars
Victorians are enchanted by Things in Jars. As you will be, after reading this spellbinding mystery. Mrs. Bridie Devine, widow and consulting detective in Victorian London, has a personal problem. She can see dead people. Well, at least one, recently dead boxer Ruby Doyle. Bridie also has a case. SirContinue Reading
Private Messages Spotlight and Giveaway
Private Messages by Connie Lafortune Genre: Romantic Suspense Lilianna For so long, my very existence teetered on the brink of death That’s what happens when you lose the other piece of your heart I can’t sleep, write or work Until, I meet him The one who won’t let me fadeContinue Reading
Hellion Blitz and Giveaway
About the Book Hellion Shannon McKenna (The Hellbound Brotherhood, #1) Publication date: February 7th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Thriller Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A nonstop thrill ride…” He’s a ticking bomb… Eric Trask is counting the days before he blasts outContinue Reading
Measure of Malice
A sharpened pickax, a full water butt (barrel), a marline-spike, an obscure poison are all used (or maybe not used) for murder with A Measure of Malice in this new collection of British golden and silver-aged mysteries. Fourteen more intriguing, but unfortunately forgotten, tales from famous (Arthur Conan Doyle) andContinue Reading