From the publisher Tis the season for mayhem and mystery . . .Kristin Clark and her offbeat crew of Bryn Mawr pals are ready for a festive holiday—one that involves sipping Blitzen’s Bourbons by a yule log, hot guys beneath the mistletoe, and a holiday cabaret starring ex-Mafia wife Sophie Shields. But this year, Saint Nick has something more dangerous in store.A … [Read more...] about Review of Killer Holiday by Amy Korman
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Behind the story of Knot What You Think with Mary Marks
Mary Marks is an award-winning quilter and author. She’s created over one hundred quilts and has just released her fifth book in the Martha Rose Quilting series, Knot What You Think. With a love for quilting and writing, what could be a better combination than creating quilts and murder on the page? A late start “I spent the first years of my retirement from an administrative … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Knot What You Think with Mary Marks
Behind the story of Addressed to Kill with Jean Flowers
Addressed To Kill is the third book in Jean Flowers’ Postmistress series. Jean Flowers is the pseudonym of Camille Minichino, who must always be a bit confused about her identity because she also writes as Margaret Grace and Ada Madison. For any writer, four pen names is a lot to manage. Way back when I met Minichino while I was living in the Bay Area more than twenty years … [Read more...] about Behind the story of Addressed to Kill with Jean Flowers
Review of Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
From the Publisher: February 1962: Tony Eberle has just scored his first role in a Hollywood movie, and the publisher of his hometown newspaper in upstate New York wants a profile of the local boy who's made good. Reporter Ellie Stone is dispatched to Los Angeles for the story. But when she arrives on set to meet her subject, Tony has vanished. The director is apoplectic, … [Read more...] about Review of Cast the First Stone by James W. Ziskin
Review of Robin Yocum’s A Welcome Murder
From the Publisher: After his unspectacular professional baseball career ends with a knee injury in Toledo, Ohio, Johnny Earl gets busted for selling cocaine. After serving seven years in prison, all he wants to do is return to his hometown of Steubenville, retrieve the drug money he stashed before he went to jail, and start a new life where no one has ever heard of Johnny … [Read more...] about Review of Robin Yocum’s A Welcome Murder