Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win by Emily Brightwell – Book Review
Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win is the 41st book in this long-running, historical cozy mystery series and I’m a huge fan. If you’re not familiar with the series, here’s the premise. Mrs. Jeffries was married to a policeman, but after her husband dies, she becomes a housekeeper to police inspector, Gerald Witherspoon. Witherspoon inherited a […]
When All Else Fails – BOOK REVIEW
When I was in high school, I wrote quite a lot of poetry—really bad poetry. Eventually, I stopped subjecting myself (and others) to those depressing rants of teenage angst. In college, I discovered the good poetry of writers like Maya Angelou, which confirmed how terribly bad my poetry was. In 2020, I was blown away by the poetry of Amanda Gorman during the presidential inauguration.
Writing a Cozy Mystery Case Files: A Step-by-Step Field Guide BY MELISSA BOURBON – BOOK REVIEW
As a mentor in Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction, MFA program, I often recommend “craft” books for students in the program. This means I get to read a lot of books about writing. As a cozy mystery author, I feel it’s important to read not only other cozy mystery books to stay abreast of […]
Absolute Power by David Balducci – Book Review
Absolute Power is a thriller first released in 1995. In this quick paced, page turner, readers follow the story of Luther Whitney, a burglar. Yep, you read that right. This isn’t the story of an honest, law abiding citizen. Luther is an unrepentant burglar with plenty of baggage. At the start of the book, Luther […]