Today’s new book is the next installment in the Family History Mystery Series, Death in Reel Time by Brynn Bonner: In this second Family History mystery, a professional genealogist realizes the family history she’s tracing may be repeating itself after her client’s son-in-law turns up dead. When genealogist duo Sophreena McClure and Esme Sabatier are hired to trace the family tree… Read more
“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.” – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach That is a great description of my book problem: so many new books come in that they bury the older ones! There are classic books that I would love to go back and read, if only I… Read more
I do love the bargains I can get on new books for my Kindle Fire – how did I ever live without one of these? Recently, I picked up Only The Innocent by Rachel Abbott: Every moment of Sir Hugo Fletcher’s life has been chronicled in the British press: his privileged upbringing, his high-profile charity work to end human trafficking—even his… Read more
Now, I’ve got a new Charles Todd novel – Hunting Shadows. I got my first Inspector Ian Rutledge novel as a review copy and I have been hooked ever since. A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge inHunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical… Read more
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. – Steven Wright, American comedian I absolutely love this. There is something, well, poetic about it. Read more
I seem to be gathering quite a collection of Scandanavian crime novels lately! I’ve got Joe Nesbo, Camilla Lackburg, Ake Edwardson…and now I can add Mari Jungstedt to the list. Killer’s Art is a very good mystery novel set in the art world of Gotland, an upscale, picturesque Swedish island. In the walled city of Visby, a killer is on the… Read more
A new mystery series to explore! This new addition to the Shelves is an Inspector Banks novel, Children of the Revolution by Peter Robinson: The body of a disgraced college lecturer is found on an abandoned railway line. In the four years since his dismissal for sexual misconduct, he’d been living like a hermit. So where did he get the 5,000… Read more
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. You know the rules: grab your current read, open to a random page and share a two sentence teaser with us (no spoilers!). Be sure to tell us about the book, so we can add it to our TBR list! This week, my teaser is from… Read more
Next up on the New Book Hit Parade, The Barkeep by William Lashner: Justin Chase is the perfect barkeep, tending bar as he lives his life, in a state of Zen serenity. At least until Birdie Grackle, a yellow-haired, foul-mouthed alcoholic from Texas, walks into his bar, orders a Mojito, and makes a startling confession. Six years ago Justin’s life was… Read more
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” – Ray Bradbury, American science-fiction writer Read more