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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Non-fiction for the cold, hard facts, fiction for flights of fancy. One grounds you while the other sets you spinning. Most of the time, maybe, but my experience this week perfectly inverts that paradigm. I’ve been reading a brand-new book from Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris, who is best known as the filmmaker behind such projects …
I met James Ziskin at another writer’s bookstore event. I now have Book #1 (Styx & Stone) and Book #4 (Heart of Stone) in the Ellie Stone mysteries. Even if I know an author, I try very hard to be objective when reviewing a book. I am very glad to have met this author. I cannot …
Trouble in Rooster Paradise is a fun mystery set in 1950 Seattle and in 2003 in a Seattle area injury rehab center. 83 year old retired shamus (private detective) Gunnar Nilson is laid up in 2003 in a nursing home with a busted gam (leg). Josephine Tey used a similar gambit in The Daughter of Time, which …
A good friend introduced me to Charles Todd, a mother and son writing team. They live on the East Coast of the United States. I cannot imagine how difficult a task that might be but they pull it off in the final product. I just finished reading A Test of Wills (published in 1996), which is …
A close friend recommended this book, Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner*. She knew that I like books set in different times in history and in different places. Even better, there are several books in this series. Victor Legris owns a bookstore in Paris (a good start) in the year 1889. There is a World’s …
James Benn, a former librarian, continues his series of WWII mysteries featuring Billy Boyle, a former Boston police detective. A Mortal Terror finds Billy and his team in Italy around the time of the Anzio landings. A lieutenant and a captain are found murdered, the former holding a 10 of hearts (playing card) and the latter …
