I just finished The Ruby Ring, Battle for an English Bible by Karen Rees last night and am now looking forward to reading the second book in the series, A Tale of Souls: The Church in Turmoil, The Reformation, the Family Divided, book 2! The Ruby Ring is a 2014 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist. Here’s the back cover copy: THE …
And These People Walk Among Us
Here it is almost April 1st! Deadline approaches. Guess what? I’m still working on the book that’s due! So I’ll get right to last week’s crime: Three of the following crimes are true. I made up one. Which did I make up? Leave your guess in the comments. An unidentified man, using a shotgun like a club to break a …
Reader Friday ~ Unintended Target
I’ve been in a couple of anthologies with D. L. Wood, who is the author of Unintended Target, and I had bought her book. But I hadn’t gotten around to reading it. Well, that was a mistake. D. L. is a great writer and this book held my attention and left me wanting more…enough so, I’ve bought the second book …
Reader Friday ~ Flowers and Foul Play
Today’s Reader Friday book is a cozy mystery by Amanda Flower. It’s my first Amanda Flower book but it won’t be my last! I loved this book. Amanda did a great job with the mystery and the character. Here’s the back cover copy. Fiona Knox lost her fiancé and her flower shop—but when she flies to Scotland to inherit her …
What Are the Odds Of Meeting a Killer?
[tweet_dis_img inject=””Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner.” ~ Oscar Wilde”][/tweet_dis_img] “Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner.” ~ Oscar Wilde An exercise in a Fermi estimation says that the average person crosses paths with a murderer 36 times …
Reader Friday – A Messed-Up Match
This week I found a delightful new series, Resort to Romance. It’s an anthology written by ten authors. Here’s a little bit about the series: Get ready for ten weeks of romance in the Bahamas with a new series brought to you by some of the best authors in the inspirational and sweet romance genres… Ten delightful – and standalone …
Can You Believe It?
Can you believe it’s the first of March??? I can’t. I’m still working on the first book in the Natchez Park Rangers series. With the first draft finished, I’m letting it percolate a bit while I work on 1. My taxes (Can you believe I waited until last week to put five months of checks into my computer???) and 2. …
Reader Friday – Summer of Suspense
I am so excited to tell you about an anthology I’m a part of. It’s called Summer of Suspense and there will be 16 authors taking part. We’re all over the board when it comes to topics so you’re in for a treat. The common thread in every story is about a secret… You can pre-order it on Apple and Nook …
The Bahamas and Other Things
The Bahamas were fabulous. The photo is of the moon setting in Nassau the first morning out. It looks like the sun, doesn’t it? The next night it was huge as it rose on the horizon and even reddish in color. My iPhone didn’t capture the red that well, but it’s still pretty! As I write this I’ve just returned …
Reader Friday ~ Convenient Lies
[tweet_dis_img inject=” taut, fast-paced suspense #amazingread”][/tweet_dis_img] Good morning! Today I’m reviewing Convenient Lies by Robin Patchen and let me tell you, don’t start this book thinking you’ll read a couple of chapters and lay it down and go to sleep. No siree. I started it at 8 p.m. and at 11:30, I’m thinking, I really need to go to sleep…just …