The year is 1880. English scientist Sir Francis Galton established that fingerprints are not inherited and that even identical twins had different ridge patterns. Two years later, Galton published a book from his studies, Finger Prints. From this book, a police officer in India established five basic patterns and instructed his forces to start using dactyloscopy — the term used …
Murder Most Fowl
With it being Thanksgiving, I couldn’t resist the title. As we enter the Thanksgiving time, I hope everyone will take time to think about all we have to be thankful for. Even when we are in dire circumstances, we have a God who loves us and walks with us through every situation we find ourselves in. Sometimes the pain is so great, …
Reader Friday — Beyond Justice
Oh, wow! Can you believe it’s almost Thanksgiving! Wasn’t it just Easter a month or so ago? I don’t know how time gets away so quickly! But it does. 🙂 This week I’ve read Beyond Justice by Cara Putman, and boy, it was hard to put down. Here’s the back cover copy: Hayden McCarthy is on track to become the youngest partner …
DNA Testing for Murder
I don’t know about you, but I’m enjoying the fall foliage in my little corner of North Mississippi. What’s it like in your neck of the woods? And now for this week’s Mystery Question: It’s an evening in 1933 and two couples are playing bridge when two gunmen burst into the home and take the two men captive. Although warned …
Reader Friday – Grafted into Deceit
This week I’ve read a couple of novella’s I will review next week, and a great romantic suspense by Sherri Wilson Johnson, Grafted into Deceit. Here’s the back cover copy: Disappearing business funds and a missing dead body have Marina Acres doubting everyone — including the detective whose case can’t be solved without her help. When Marina Acres launches an …
Vanishing Point
I realize this isn’t Reader Friday, but I just finished a book that will release today and I want to share it with you. Vanishing Point is a Nikki Boyd novel by Lisa Harris. Here’s the back cover copy: During Garrett Addison’s first week on the job as a criminal investigator for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, his team is …
Reader Friday – Winter’s Kiss
I have a confession to make. Earlier this month I was reading a fiction book that had been recommended as a good example of writing. It was an excellent example of writing, but it was also very dark and somewhat graphic with the violence. I could not finish it. After years of reading Christian Fiction, I discovered I couldn’t put such a dark …
The Squirrel
Last week I promised a story about the squirrel in the photo. One day, my husband and I were sitting out in the garage with the doors up, and a cat that had taken residence at our house became very interested in something in the corner. When we investigated we found this: It was a little boy squirrel, and evidently, something had …
Reader Friday–Cover Reveal!
A week ago the art department emailed me that I could reveal my book cover…however, the email somehow got lost in the shuffle. I just found it yesterday, so without further ado. . . I LOVE IT!! What do you think? Here’s the back cover copy: It’s Elvis Week in Memphis, and homicide Detective Rachel Sloan isn’t sure her day could get …
Mystery Photo
This week I’m starting off with a Mystery Photo. Can you tell what this is? Leave your answer in the comment section along with the answer to the Mystery Question. But first last week’s Mystery Question: Which answer did I make up? It’s the year 1915 and a farmhand sits on death row for killing a farmer and his wife …