If you like crime fiction with a slow burn that lingers long after you’ve finished it, run, don’t walk to your nearest bookstore or library and check out Tangerine this Tuesday. Christine Mangan’s first novel is one of those books that… Read More ›
Twister entered my radar months ago while searching around for hot new mystery novels by Australian women writers. I’m (rather pathetically) participating in the Australian Woman Writers Challenge this year. Jane Woodham is not Australian, she’s originally from England and… Read More ›
This is one of those books that probably wouldn’t have crossed my path had I not participated in a reading challenge. Two challenges, actually: the Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012 and the World War I reading challenge hosted by War… Read More ›
This recently released short story is a prequel to Pearl’s forthcoming novel The Technologists (Feb 21, 2012). Pearl is known for writing engaging historical mysteries featuring prominent 19th century literary figures (Longfellow, Poe, Dickens). I’ve been a fan since 2003… Read More ›
Sometime back in the 70s when I was a kid and wanted to try reading a mystery, some well-meaning adult told me to read Sherlock Holmes or Agatha Christie. I couldn’t get into either back then (they both seemed snooty… Read More ›
First edition cover The Circular Staircase Mary Roberts RinehartBobbs-Merrill, September 1908 ebook via Project Gutenberg While browsing around Project Gutenberg, I came upon books by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958). Her name sounded vaguely familiar. Does it to you, too? Upon… Read More ›
It feels like I’ve been reading Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life for months now. I really am enjoying it, but January was a bit of an odd month for me reading-wise and I recently had a snag that delayed my… Read More ›