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Mar

1

2023

Celebrate Plan a Solo Vacation Day

March 1st is Plan a Solo Vacation Day. On short, cold days, it can be particularly fun to think about possible destinations for treating yourself. Whether you’re considering an international excursion or a house- and book-swap with a neighbor, you might want to browse your local bookstore for inspiration. Here are some books that transported …

Feb

27

2023

Against the Currant by Olivia Matthews

Here is Oliva Matthews’s Against the Currant, a Spice Island Bakery Mystery. It’s got a West Indian bakery, an earnest baker who has everything she’s ever wanted, and a disgruntled rival who seems likely end up in some sort of romantic entanglement—except he turns up dead before any smooching can happen. Well, that’s awkward. We …

Dec

15

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: A “World” of Books

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. Sometimes the themes come from the covers, sometimes the titles. This week, we take a …

Nov

30

2022

Under Lock and Skeleton Key
by Gigi Pandian

Oohhh – nothing I like more than getting in on the ground floor of a new mystery series, especially one that features hidden staircases, secret cunnings, and locked rooms where impossible crimes have taken place. Tempest Raj is an impressive new heroine – one who must decide if she will take up the family mantel …

Sep

16

2022

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

Alice Feeney returns with Daisy Darker, a locked-room mystery about a family reunion that gets all atmospheric and twisty. Daisy’s family has gathered for Nana’s 80th birthday. Where? Oh, just Nana’s old gothic place out on the island. You know, the island that routinely gets cut off from the mainland when a storm rolls in. The …

Aug

29

2022

The Bookseller by Mark Pryor

Hugo, former FBI, now at the US Embassy in Paris, has a thing for old books. When one of his favorite booksellers goes missing and no one will talk about it, he just can’t let it go. Good twisty mystery, great characters, and a fantastic sense of the city of Paris! This is the first …

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 …

Aug

12

2022

The Maid by Nita Prose

Very entertaining! Miss Marple meets The Rosie Project in this charming book about a hotel maid who sees the world a bit differently than many of us. Molly the maid and her cast of friends will bring a smile to your face! —Jenny Stroyeck, The Homer Bookstore, Homer, AK Pick something that will make you smile; shop …

Jul

25

2022

Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry

We have to mention Tamara Berry’s new book, Buried in a Good Book. Mostly to point out that, no, you can’t be buried at the store. That’s weird. Mostly because there isn’t room to bury ALL of you at the store, and you know how we don’t like to pick favorites. Berry’s book, however, is totally …

May

18

2022

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley

Paris is a lot of things – lovely, exciting, old, mysterious and now, dangerous. When Jess gets herself to the City of Lights where she can stay at her brother’s apartment, things are not quite what she expected. For one thing, the apartment is much nicer than she would have expected he could afford. For …

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