“Top Ten Tuesday” is a weekly blog feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is Top Ten Beach Reads. This is the first time I’ve participated. First a confession: I don’t really like the beach. I don’t like being hot, I sunburn quite easily, and I’m… Read more »
I’ve been a fan of Aunt Dimity almost as long as the books have been around. Aunt Dimity’s Death is one of my comfort novels, the books I turn to when I’m tired, overwhelmed, or feeling blue: the reading equivalent of a nice cup of tea; and several of the… Read more »
Category: Paranormal cozy mystery Series: Vintage Magic mysteries Book source: purchased I picked up a copy of Annette Blair’s A Veiled Deception in the used bookstore about a month ago, and finally got around to reading it. It’s the beginning of a new “paranormal cozy” mystery series*, and while I… Read more »
Agatha Christie It’s impossible to discuss mystery as a genre, let alone British mystery authors, without talking about Agatha Christie. Her 80 books (14 collections of short stories and a staggering 66 novels) have been translated into over 100 languages and have sold over 4 billion copies. Her works have… Read more »
If you love mysteries and can hardly wait for your favorite author’s next book, you’ve probably spent hours trolling Amazon, publisher, and author websites trying to figure out when that book will be available. (I certainly have!) Thanks to Ashley McConnell, you won’t have to waste a lot of time… Read more »
If you are a lover of mysteries, particularly the “cozy” type, no doubt you have noticed the recent and rapid proliferation of themed mystery series. There are series featuring bookshops, catering or cooking, inns or hotels, gardening, scrapbooking, reading groups, ghosts, needlecrafts in general and knitting in particular, and even… Read more »
The God of the Hive It began as a problem in one of Holmes’ beloved beehives, led to a murderous cult, and ended–or so they’d hoped–with a daring escape from a sacrificial altar. Instead, Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath and the limitless resources of… March 26, 2010 Lark_Bookwyrm In the Dragon's Eye 3
