This is the first book in the ‘Janelle Watkins, Private Investigation’ series, though I have already read and reviewed the second book, Hangtown.  It is nice to see that, even reading these two books in reverse order, it doesn’t ruin too much of the character development.  And character development is what author Karen Sandler does Continue reading

It’s only been in the last year or so that I’ve really begun to read mysteries.  I’ve read some really spectacular mysteries lately and have gotten excited each time I begin a new one, hoping I’ll be swept away in some beguiling mystery.  Death and the Redheaded Woman looked very promising, with a title that Continue reading

This mystery, Drawing Conclusions, by Deirdre Verne, threw me a few curves and surprises, most of them quite good. The story starts simply.  Our main character, Cece, is a ‘freegan’ — someone so ecologically committed to protecting the environment that she dumster-dives for food (not because she has to but because it reduces waste).  Cece Continue reading

We know, pretty early on, that something bad is going to happen because actress Ivy Meadows (real name: Olive Ziegwart) has been cast in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth and almost immediately in to the rehearsal period, somewhere says “Macbeth” (and not in the context of rehearsing the lines).  For anyone with even the smallest bit of Continue reading

Not too long ago I reviewed the first book in the Jake & Laura Mystery series, The Yankee Club, and gave it a rare full five stars rating.  All That Glitters is author Michael Murphy’s follow-up, with the story picking up right on the heels of The Yankee Club‘s ending. In this venture, Jake & Continue reading