Keeping Hope Alive Defying the odds, Casey Morgan opens Hope Ranch for troubled teens in a rural Texas community, but not everyone welcomes her with open arms. The unexplained death of her security guard and other disturbing activities prompts her to advertise for help to make her ranch the safe haven she envisioned. Help comes […]
Featured Book: December 7
Everybody knows the Mantoni girls are attractive, and theoretically, that’s a good thing, right? Only this time, a charming but older millionaire desires the most beautiful Mantoni, Annalisa, as his lover for the Christmas season. Her cousin, Carlina, is disgusted by the liaison and says she’d rather see him dead than at Annalisa’s side. The next […]
Featured Book: November 18
This month, I’m featuring the latest book from one of my favorite writers! I’ve featured many of Linton Robinson’s books in the past, so I’m pleased to feature Raptor’s Golden Hits: When the band you’re in starts playing different tunes…. There’s someone in my head, but it’s not me… It’s only rock and roll but […]
Featured Book: Review
CJ Verburg’s Another Number for the Road has all you could ever want from a murder mystery set in two iconic periods of American history: the 1960s: Free Speech, Free Love, Stop the War, Civil Rights and sex, drugs, rock and roll; and 1980s: Reaganomics, Cold War Collapse, Punk Rock, big hair and bigger shoulders. […]
Featured Book – March 8
I posted this review about Linton Robinson’s book, Sweet Spot, several years ago, but with all the political upheaval recently, this particular book keeps coming to mind. I loved it then and love it still. Mazatlan Confidential Sweet Spot, Linton Robinson Linton Robinson’s novel of corrupt politicians, Mazatlan Carnival and baseball has all the credentials for […]
New Featured Book – February 25
Historical Mystery DEATH VISITS A BAWDY HOUSE by Adele Fasick A Charlotte Edgerton Mystery, set in the 1840s in New York City When Charlotte Edgerton, moves from staid Boston to bustling New York City in 1843, she finds the crowds on Broadway thrilling. She is young, idealistic, and in love. But when first one and […]
Review: Boneyard 11
Boneyard 11 by Linton Robinson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lin Robinson delivers a hard-hitting, intense and topically explosive story, full of characters who challenge our preconceptions about the criminal worlds of prostitution, drug trafficking, gang warfare, hired assassins and more! The adventure into the southern California and Baja underworld is a trip most […]
Guest Blog: Sandra Carey Cody: What About the Victim?
My guest this weekend is Sandra Carey Cody, mystery writer and Missourian. She is the author of the Jennie Connor mysteries, published by Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group. These include Love and Not Destory, Left at Oz, Put Out the Light, Consider the Lilly and By Whose Hand. […]
Upcoming Guest: Sandra Carey Cody
Sandra Carey Cody, mystery writer, has agreed to be my guest this month. Her latest book, Lethal Journal, is a Jennie Connors mystery. Keep an eye out for Sandra here. Sandra is one of my fellow bloggers at Classic and Cozy and has her own blog at Birth of a Novel here at wordpress. We’ve never met […]
Review: Twice A Target
Twice A Target by Susan Vaughan I started reading Twice a Target without realizing that I’d started at the end of this trilogy. That actually worked for me but I will go back to the beginning to read Never Surrender and Once Burned. I was attracted by the suspense premise of this novel as well […]