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Jun

24

2024

A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd

Okay, so the first thing I have to say about this book is: IT’S HILARIOUS! The second thing I have to say about it is: IT’S A HOOT! And the third thing is… just a second while I try to stop laughing… I LOVE IT! It features Rosaline (she prefers Rosie) – the daughter of …

Jun

13

2024

Bestseller Spotlight: Instant Bestsellers

Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. What are the elements of an instant bestseller, a book that makes it onto the bestseller list …

Oct

21

2022

Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Mystery lovers! Have you read the adorable cozy mystery series Myrtle Hardcastle yet? If you love a good cozy historical and you like middle grade (or know a young reader you want to get hooked on historical mysteries), this series is excellent. Book four, In Myrtle Peril, […] came out (and yes, all the titles …

Aug

22

2022

Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead

Oh, what fun! Mystery buffs know what it means when I say “locked room mystery.” It’s one of those murders that can’t happen – and yet, it does! So who did it… how was it accomplished… and why? With lots of interesting potential killers and amazingly tantalizing possible motives as well, you’ll likely not guess …

Nov

12

2020

Sherlock Holmes and the Ripper of Whitechapel
by M. K. Wiseman

M. K. Wiseman is the author of the new mystery entitled Sherlock Holmes and the Ripper of Whitechapel. As you might be able to guess, this story involves Holmes and Watson in the greatest unsolved true serial killing spree in British, if not world, history. It is the story of “Jack the Ripper” who terrorized …

Sep

30

2020

The Finisher by Peter Lovesey

Fifty years after publishing his first novel—the wonderful Wobble to Death, about murder during a Victorian race walking competition—British author Lovesey returns to the sports world in this 19th mystery starring Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond. In the run-up to Bath, England’s spring half-marathon, we’re introduced to Maeve Kelly, a usually non-athletic schoolteacher, who’s training for this …

Aug

7

2020

Rayne Recommends: A Video Face Out
from Rediscovered Books

Looking for a fast paced historical mystery? Rayne recommends one of his favorite books from this year, Deacon King Kong by James McBride! ✨https://t.co/30PmEz3Kcc pic.twitter.com/jWfg4AAuBK — Rediscovered Books (@rdbooks) August 4, 2020 You can get Deacon King Kong from Rediscovered Books of Boise and Caldwell, ID and other independent bookstores.

Jul

14

2020

A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis

Early in 2020, I watched a PBS TV mini-series entitled “Vienna Blood.”  While watching the series, I discovered that it was based on books by author Frank Tallis. I have now read the first book featuring Max and his circle of friends and family, A Death in Vienna. There are at least seven books in …

Jan

15

2020

Gallows Court

Gallows Court by Martin Edwards

Edwards, an expert on Golden Age mystery fiction, delivers here a fast-clip work of psychological suspense set during the Great Depression. It imagines Jacob Flint, an oft-rash junior crime reporter for London’s Clarion newspaper, chancing upon what he sees as a scoop in Rachel Savernake, the bewitching, wealthy daughter of a notorious hanging judge, who’s …

Jan

31

2019

The Daughter of Time

The Daughter of Time and The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey

I first read a Josephine Tey book in 1962 and it changed my life. I became a huge fan of British history especially in the period from King Arthur to Richard III. I took a tour of the Tower of London castle/prison in August 1962. It was just before I began my junior year in …

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