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All three books in the Silver Screen series by Barbara Hambly are on sale right now

Barbara Hambly is pretty well known for her Benjamin January series, in which I’ve now read (and liked) a few books.  And she also writes several science fiction series, which I haven’t read and can’t comment on. Now she has a new-ish mystery series out, the Silver Screen series, with only three books – at […]

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A review of The Conspiracies of the Empire by Qiu Xialong – just published

More Judge Dee is always a good thing! Qiu Xialong has now written a couple of continuation books to Robert Van Gulik’s 1950s – 1960s Judge Dee stories.  The Conspiracies of the Empire is the second of these, and in it, Judge Dee, who is a real historical figure, is now older and more politically

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The Clutter Corpse by Simon Brett is on sale in the US and UK right now

Simon Brett has a new-ish “Decluttering” series, with four books so far. And now the first one, The Clutter Corpse, is on sale for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK, and discountable at Kobo. I desperately need some help decluttering, and just the other day was eyeing a non-fiction book on how to deal with clutter. But

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A review of The Mummy of Mayfair by Jeri Westerson – just published

A fun airplane or beach book… I tend to think of Jeri Westerson as an author of historical mysteries set in medieval England, since I’ve read and enjoyed many books in her Crispin Guest and Will Somers series.   But I’m aware that she writes in other genres too, and was interested to learn that she

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A review of To Seize a Queen by Fiona Buckley – recently published

Still an awesome series… When a series has been going for more than 20 years and more than 20 books, I imagine it might be hard for the author to keep coming up with intriguing plots; to keep the characters feeling real while still allowing them to develop and grow; and to keep the backgrounds

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A review of Mortal Radiance by Kathryn Lasky – coming tomorrow

A sharp mystery, although maybe a few too many historical personages… I am a big fan of mysteries that use real historical figures as protagonists and/or supporting characters, and I also like mysteries set in the US Southwest, where my dad’s family mostly lives.  So I was intrigued by the possibilities for Kathryn Lasky’s new

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A review of Perfect Opportunity by Steven F Havill – recently published

Back to Posadas County… I’ve been a fan of Steven F Havill’s Posadas County mysteries for years, and Perfect Opportunity is the newest in the series.  And it’s just as enjoyable as all the previous books. To start with, there’s an off-beat plot that originates with a series of seemingly unconnected incidents – but in

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A review of The Net of Steel by Fiona Buckley – coming soon

It’s hard to believe that The Net of Steel is Fiona Buckley’s twenty-second Ursula Blanchard (now Ursula Stannard) mystery, and the series is still going strong.    And in fact, it might even be getting better…    As The Net of Steel opens, Ursula faces a number of life’s milestones: her son, Harry, has gotten engaged;

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