Publisher: Crooked Lane Books

Standing Dead by Margaret Mizushima & What Have We Done by Alex Finlay @margmizu @crookedlanebks #AlexFinlay @MinotaurBooks

Standing Dead by Margaret Mizushima &  What Have We Done by Alex Finlay @margmizu @crookedlanebks #AlexFinlay @MinotaurBooks

Mattie’s family issues come to a head in Standing Dead.  She has her sister and grandmother and knows more truth about her parentage and history.  She and her sister go to Mexico to find their mother but she and her new husband have fled.  Mattie returns home and the hits just keep happening. I love […]

Posted March 4, 2023 by Anne - Books of My Heart in Book Review / 16 Comments

Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden @karen_odden @crookedlanebks @sophiarose1816

Under a Veiled Moon by Karen Odden @karen_odden @crookedlanebks @sophiarose1816

After already having read this author before, I was excited when I came across this latest historical mystery set in Victorian Era London with a lower class Irish police detective up against his shadowed past and investigating a horrific disaster on the Thames.  Blending real history and clever fiction and mystery, Karen Odden has released […]

Posted October 12, 2022 by Sophia in Book Review / 21 Comments

Mercy Creek by ME Browning @MickiBrowning @crookedlanebks @partnersincr1me

Mercy Creek by ME Browning @MickiBrowning @crookedlanebks @partnersincr1me

The  Jo Wyatt Mystery series continues with Mercy Creek.  Many things I said about the first book are still true.  I like Jo Wyatt.  She has the qualities of being smart and compassionate.  She’s been on the force 12 years and there have only been 2 homicides; these two books have seen a bunch more.  They […]