Oh, I do love long hair Read more

Oh, I do love long hair Read more
Ink on the page and on his skin Read more
Okay folks, I’m committed! (And I might need to be committed by the end of this.) It’s just barely past midnight, but I’ve already got my first 100 words written for NaNoWriMo. This year, I am tackling an idea I’ve had floating around in my head for a long time. It’s not quite as ambitious as other years, which means… Read more
October is apparently Mystery Month here on the Shelves – lots of new mysteries for me to read! Next on the pile, Want You Dead (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace) by Peter James: Single girl, 33, redhead and smouldering, love life that’s crashed and burned. Seeks new flame to rekindle her fire. Fun, friendship and—who knows—more maybe? In Peter James’ Want You Dead, thirty-year old… Read more
Hugh Dancy Read more
This is one I am really looking forward to – I’ve read a couple of the Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels and enjoyed them all. So nice to have a new mystery delivered to my door! Check out To Dwell in Darkness by Deborah Crombie: Recently transferred to the London borough of Camden from Scotland Yard headquarters, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his… Read more
Another new mystery series! Check out Risky Undertaking: A Buryin’ Barry Mystery by Mark de Castrique: When Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations of Barry Clayton, part-time deputy and full-time undertaker, collide. Then, during the interment of the wife of one of Gainesboro, North Carolina’s most prominent citizens, Cherokee activist Jimmy Panther… Read more
Nothing like lounging around with a good book Read more
Here’s one that I picked up for my personal collection. You know how it goes – you’re in the airport, you already finished one book on the first leg of your flight and you don’t want to be caught with only book on a long flight, right? After all, the battery on your Kindle could give out, leaving you with… Read more
I’ve got a stack of new books this week! New books are always fun, and I’ll be sharing them over the new week or so, giving you an early chance to check them out. First up, Caught Dead: A Rick Van Lam Mystery by Andrew Lanh: One of the beautiful Le sisters is dead. Hartford, Connecticut’s small Vietnamese community is stunned.… Read more