The story in which the mean girl gets out of her own way and gets her happy. Ruth Mitchell’s sparkling romantic comedy series continues to entertain and make me sigh with pleasure. Desperate is the third of the Modern Jane series of romcom standalones. This could be read out of order and quite easily, but […]
Exactly what adaptions and movies are there out there for Agatha Christie books? Are they faithful adaptions and what are their little quirks? Teresa Peschel delights readers with her journey through all the films and TV adaptions of Agatha Christie’s books that were made in the English language. Organized by Christie detective starting with […]
When murder disrupts the set, Jack Warner turns to the detecting pair who solved the case and saved his last big movie mystery. Elizabeth Crowens’ Golden Age of Hollywood historical mystery came to my attention and the nostalgia for old black and whites, movie popcorn, and classy movie quotes and stars made me weak […]
Crimson Oath was masterful and convinced my Oleg and Tatyana could be a couple, among other things. Obsidian Empire is the end of the trilogy; I would start at the beginning. The development of Tatyana from human to vampire, to a powerful woman in her own right is contrasted with Oleg who is very […]
A bounty hunting team gets offered a new skip and its not long before the skip turns into something bigger, badder, and they’re in way over their head in no time. Winter Austin is a new to me author as is the Bounty of Shadows series, but I wasn’t even off the first page when […]
Before London’s police force came into being and murder required investigating, the Home Office sent out the cold, clever inquiry agent that sent shivers down the back of the hardened predators slinking through dark alleys. RJ Koreto’s Winter’s Season was my first intro to his writing. I found between the covers a well-researched historical backdrop, […]
Traeger Hall is a house full of secrets and a dark sinister environment starting with that ominous bell that is only to be rung when Leopold Traeger’s life is threatened. Over a century later, Jennie Phillips arrives in Newton Creek and finds a town still spooked by the legend surrounding the bricked up Traeger Hall. […]
This part of the Elemental World and Crimson Oath runs parallel with Dawn Caravan, which is Ben and Tenzin’s story. I read Dawn Caravan when it was released and went back and read a bit of it again when writing this review. Elizabeth Hunter did an amazing job of entwining the stories. In Crimson […]
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 […]
The Parker City Mystery series is set in a medium size Maryland town in the 1980s. Each book seems to have a dual timeline, alternating between the current date and the past. The chapters are clearly labeled as to which period they are. A key aspect of Parker City is the rich history and that is […]