Get Swept Away by Fallen
Fallen, by Linda Castillo is book #13 in the Kate Burkholder series. I always enjoy these mysteries with a little taste of Amish country, with tidbits about their culture and phrases of Pennsylvania Dutch sprinkled throughout. Kate does a good job of tracking down the killers with her special combination of brains, compassion, and respect for the community that she chose not to be a part of, instead pursuing a career in law enforcement. Her significant other, John Tomasetti work well together. I enjoy a book where the woman and the man are on equal footing and don't have a lot of conflict or competitiveness over cases. (Though, of course, I also enjoy books where there is some conflict between the couple as well. Since all couples have conflict of some kind.) ...
Parks Pat Cases 4-6
The writing is excellent, the plot is nice and twisty and the the characters and situations are believable. I enjoyed this book and am looking forward to seeing where she takes these new characters. Looking for a police ...
It’s Camp Nanowrimo Time Again
National Novel Writing month comes only once a year, but you can always join Camp Nano in April and July too. If November is not good for you (the month before Christmas... some people are rather busy) or if you want to write several books during the year, then it's a great way to connect with other likeminded writers and join in the camaraderie. ...
Suspended at Hairpin Bridge
If you're looking for suspense, check out Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams. Protagonist Lena Nguyen is looking for answers in the death of her twin sister. She suspects police corporal Raycevic of being complicit in her death—even being the direct cause of it. ...
Where is The Vanishing Man?
hiring practices aside, Charles Lenox is an interesting protagonist, finding his way into a new profession and figuring out the ropes and new investigative techniques from various different circumstances, books, and people. In this case, he is searching for the Duke's stolen painting, which is the key to a much larger mystery. Lenox has to unravel the various half-truths and hints to figure out what is really going on, since the Duke doesn't actually seem interested in recovering the paining. ...
Books for my Birthday
It's that time of year again! My birthday, Canada Day, Independence Day, and Q-Tip's birthday! This is definitely the time to pick up some great deals for your To Be Read queue! ...
Rushin’ Death
When Kenzie arrives at her mother's house the cold reception is nothing compared to the anomalies she and Dr Wiltshire uncover at the morgue during the holiday rush ...
Books for National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. A day to explore the history and cultures of the indigenous peoples of this land, to join in celebrations and memorials.
And what observance would be complete without books? there is more and more call to write books with diverse characters from all walks of life. Different races and backgrounds, disabilities, neurodiversity, and more. ...
Intrigued by The Stranger in the Mirror
The Stranger in the Mirror by Liv Constantine is not the only suspense book about amnesia that I have read lately. It's not that long since I was reading You Will Remember Me. Amnesia is not an uncommon trope in suspense fiction, even though forgetting your entire past is pretty rare in real life. Like serial killers, it happens a lot more in fiction than in real life.
The Stranger in the Mirror does include some unique twists, and I still am not sure where it is going. Addison apparently has a pretty scary past, but we haven't been filled in yet on what happened and how she lost her memory. As we enter Addison's life, she is preparing to marry Gabriel, who she has known for six months (and yes, the author actually does cover how Addition came to have identification that allows her to work and to get married, two things that are impossible to do if you can't prove who you are.) ...
Cut Out Cookie and other new releases
Have you been eagerly waiting to find out what would happen when Crazy Theresa and Willie met up again? After Theresa's appearance in A Fateful Plateful, things couldn't stay the same!
Now, Cut Out Cookie is live and you can return to Bald Eagle Falls with Erin and Vic to see what is in store for them now. Will they have a quiet Easter making marshmallow eggs and cut-out cookies in cute rabbit and lamb shapes? Or are things about to change again? ...
What it is like to be A Stranger at Home
June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, so my reading app gave me some suggestions of books by Indigenous authors. I picked up a short book, A Stranger at Home, by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton, about Margaret-Olemaun's experience returning home from residential school. This is the sequel to Fatty Legs, her experience at residential school, but I have not read that one yet. I'll probably pick it up later on this month. ...
Stories with Strong Fathers
Time for a Father's Day blog post! It can be hard sometime to find representations of good fathers in literature. We have absent fathers, abusive fathers, and fathers who just drift in and out of the background. I confess that many of my characters have fathers who fall into these categories. They tend to come from traumatic backgrounds and/or families with secrets. But there are a few important exceptions ...
Looking for A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder?
I'm not sure of the title of this book, since it really doesn't describe what the book is about or the tone of the piece. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson features a young woman investigating the murder of another girl in her town five years earlier, becoming friends with the brother of the boy accused of murdering her and digging down deep to find the truth behind what really happened to Andie Bell. ...
A Fateful Plateful just $0.99 and other great deals
A Fateful Plateful is on for just $0.99 for a limited time. Grab it while you can! A Fateful Plateful is #16 in the Auntie Clem's Bakery series. See what Erin and Vic are up to. Vic's Pa is in dire condition, and there are questions to be answered. You can read A Fateful Plateful as a standalone mystery, or together with the series. ...
El León Interior
Leo es un joven con problemas, permanentemente al borde del desastre. Luchando con sus propios problemas emocionales, Leo conoce a Elizabeth, madre soltera con una bebé recién nacida y un pasado inquietante que no termina de asumir ...
A new twist in You Will Remember Me
I am currently reading You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon. Who doesn't love an amnesia thriller and the excitement of unwrapping one layer after another of the patient's story to find out who they really are and how they came to be there. It goes without saying that there are secrets, things that maybe even the sufferer does not want to remember. McKinnon does a masterful job of setting things up from the moment "Brad" wakes up on the beach with no memory of how he got there—or who he is. I am looking forward to finding out just what happened to bring him to that point. ...
Share A Story! Myths Magic and Mayhem
May is National Share a Story month! There are so many great stories out there. When I was deciding what to do for my blog, I told the authors I was talking to that this year's theme was Myths, Magic, and Mayhem. I just realized today... that was the 2021 theme. Oops. But I'm going to go with it! So here is a flashback to 2021. ...
Cloaked Campaign
There’s a new witch in town.
And a powerful one at that. Reg doesn’t know what Verity is doing in Black Sands, but she is getting too close to Corvin Hunter for her safety.
Reg was just trying to help. To be a good neighbor.
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