The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession Soon after I learned
Katharine McMahon fashions a post-World War I London in her novel, The Crimson Rooms. She prefaces her story with a Wilfred Owen poem, written in
Is The Bishop’s Wife a packet of sociological case studies or a novel of intricately-woven psychological narratives? A little of both, I think. Mette Ivie
The path traveled to a book worth reviewing can be as circuitous as it can be direct. A friend can tell you about a “must
These are installments three and four in Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs detective series. The Great War continues to cast cool and disconcerting shadows onto survivors’ lives
This is a murder mystery, but it also includes perceptive social history and more. Its setting is 1929 Great Britain, eleven years after the end
A rollicking good read! That’s how I would describe Mark S. Bacon’s novel, Death in Nostalgia City. It’s a page turner, a fast-paced mystery that
The Midwife’s Tale and The Harlot’s Tale Historian Sam Thomas, while researching seventeenth century conflicts between Puritans and Royalists, discovered a will written in 1683.
Another cozy British mystery, another spunky heroine, another assemblage of novels to follow contentedly for years. Frances Brody has added another detective series to my
JACK 1939 Imagine young Jack Kennedy as a spy, commandeered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Winston Churchill to innocuously roam Europe and uncover nefarious warmongering
When I reviewed Thatcher Robinson’s first novel, White Ginger, for “Bookin’ with Sunny,” I ended by hoping that Robinson would “write more about this intriguing
Inspector Armand Gamache has now retired, but I can only hope that this is not his last detecting adventure. He has entertained and beguiled me
Many readers adore cozy English village mysteries. From Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories to Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache intrigues (Canadian, and twenty-first century, but still
Tahoe Ghost Boat: An Owen McKenna Mystery Driving down Spooner Summit on my way to South Lake Tahoe from Reno, I had no trouble staying
For once, I am at a loss for words! White Ginger, by Thatcher Robinson, is indescribable, delightfully so. A mystery, a thriller studded with violence,
Night Film is a private investigation thriller with touches of the supernatural. P. I. Scott McGrath has already damaged his reputation looking into the affairs of
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