Publisher: Severn House

Sheriff Bet Rivers Mystery series by Elena Taylor @elenataylorauthor.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @partnersincrimevbt.bsky.social @elenataylorauthor

Sheriff Bet Rivers Mystery series by Elena Taylor @elenataylorauthor.bsky.social @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @severnhouse.bsky.social @partnersincrimevbt.bsky.social  @elenataylorauthor

  The Sheriff Bet Rivers series is one I had been wanting to read.  I was delighted to have this opportunity. Elizabeth Rivers grew up in the small town of Collier, Washington.  Her father and his father were the sheriff here.  She left home to study law enforcement and work in Los Angeles.  She came […]

Murderer’s Creek by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse @severnhouse.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Murderer’s Creek by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse @severnhouse.bsky.social #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Last year, I followed a whim and read the first book in the series.  I enjoyed trying a new to me author and wished to continue with the series.  It took me a bit, but I finally got around to the next book.  LaVonne Griffin-Valade writes with a very descriptive style for local setting, investigation […]

Posted January 29, 2025 by Sophia in Book Review / 8 Comments

Dead Point by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Dead Point by Lavonne Griffin-Valade #LaVonneGriffin-Valade @severnhouse #KindleUnlimited @sophiarose1816

Rural Eastern Oregon is the both patrol area and home stomping grounds for Sgt Maggie Blackthorne who is living down the demons of her past and now faces her first homicide investigation.  LaVonne Griffin-Valade is an utterly new to me author whose series caught my eye in one of those ‘if you enjoyed this…’ seller […]

Posted September 11, 2024 by Sophia in Book Review / 16 Comments

Calico by Lee Goldberg @LeeGoldberg @sophiarose1816

Calico by Lee Goldberg @LeeGoldberg @sophiarose1816

An unnatural weather event, a vehicular death, a disappearance, and other strange phenomena out on the California desert leaves a world-weary police detective with more questions than answers.   Is the kook on the local radio waves far off when he spouts about government conspiracies and aliens? Once in a while, all it takes is a […]

Posted November 15, 2023 by Sophia in Book Review / 12 Comments

Thrifty Thursday: Sheriff Edition @tonyakappes11 #AllenKent @sbakerwriter ‏ #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway

Thrifty Thursday: Sheriff Edition @tonyakappes11 #AllenKent @sbakerwriter  ‏   #ThriftyThursday #Challenge #Giveaway

The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point).   Kindle freebie on November 3, 2021  (currently $5.99 and in Kindle Unlimited as of writing this post) Overall rating 4.14 with 1,397 ratings and 311 reviews   In this cozy mystery, a young woman, Kenni, has taken over […]