Mazatlan Confidential Sweet Spot, Linton Robinson Linton Robinson’s novel of corrupt politicians, Mazatlan Carnival and baseball has all the credentials for a block-busting read: gritty, graphic and gripping. This is a fortuitous find among the many thousands of titles that are published every year and well-worth the effort. Fans of Elmore Leonard, Raymond Chandler and […]
Current Reads
Sweet Spot, Linton Robinson – like going to bed with a migraine and waking with Green & Black’s Organic Dark. Unexpected pleasure. This Side of Paradise, F Scott Fitzgerald – they didn’t teach this in my school.
Pumpkin Pies and Parker House Rolls
I live in Wales. That makes celebrating Thanksgiving a certain challenge. The last Thursday of November is never a day off. Libby’s solid pack pumpkin is only available in one shop in the country, at import prices. All the implements for measuring are either metric or imperial – too little or too big for my […]
Books & More: Reviews & Comment
Books & More: Reviews & Comment. Beauty and the Beast in Cactus Bend, 6 Nov 2010 When Love Comes, (Paperback) Leigh Greenwood Published April 2010, The Night Riders series – this will tug your heart-strings.
Resurfacing
Writers are always under attack, no matter what they write, but romance writers and their readers are scorned, ridiculed and pilloried.
Magnum Opus
Working through “truths held to be self-evident” on Good Friday