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A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog’s ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.
— , Last Essays of Elia
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily by Lauren Willig Dutton Adult, 416 pages Get it at Amazon >> In the newest adventure in Lauren Willig’s “Pink Carnation” series, all about nineteenth-century British flower spies (the first of which, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, was an affectionate sequel to Baroness Orcy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel), [...]
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris Ace Hardcover, 320 pages Get it at Amazon >> Even though it’s been less than two weeks since I’ve read Charlaine Harris’ latest addition to the Sookie Stackhouse / Southern Vampire Mystery series, I don’t remember much about it. I don’t mean that I didn’t enjoy it, because [...]
The God of the Hive Laurie R. King Bantam, 368 pages Get it from Amazon >> I’ve been a fan of Laurie R. King’s series about Mary Russell and her older husband, the legendary Sherlock Holmes, since the first book hit the stores, so of course, I had to have the latest adventure the very [...]
Skin and Bones by D. C. Corso Bennet & Hastings, 162 pages Get it at Amazon >> When I was offered the chance to read D. C. Corso’s debut novel Skin and Bones I jumped at it, because I love mysteries, true crime, and police procedurals, and the story – that of an FBI agent [...]
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch Atria, 352 pages Get it from Amazon >> Last summer, I got an ARC of The 13th Hour from Atria Books’ “galley grab,” and lost it in the house. A few weeks ago, the author, Richard Doetsch, started following my Twitter feed, and I realized I NEEDED to read [...]
The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion Alice Kimberly Berkley, 304 pages Get it from Amazon.com >> I don’t know what the prices of homes for sale in Alice Kimberly’s fictional Quindicott, RI are like, but considering the number of murders in that town, I bet they’re falling. The most recent death occurs in the most [...]
Decaffeinated Corpse by Cleo Coyle Berkley, 288 pages Get it from Amazon >> Let’s face it, the recipes in the backs of Cleo Coyle’s coffeehouse mysteries are not exactly keys to quick trim weight loss, but the reality is, as much fun as the recipes are (and I’ve actually tried some of them) it’s the [...]
The Ghost and the Dead Deb by Alice Kimberly Berkley, 272 Pages Get it from Amazon >> Reading about dead debutante’s is not exactly the way to lose weight fast. I mean, skinny rich girls, even when they’re corpses, are hardly good role models. Fortunately, I don’t read Alice Kimberly’s haunted bookshop novels for fitness [...]
The Ghost and the Dead Deb Author: Alice Kimberly Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Berkley (September 6, 2005) Language: English Penelope “Pen” McClure, co-owner of the fictional “Buy the Book” in Quindicott, RI, should really consider investing in some sort of business insurance, because in this second installment of the Haunted Bookshop series, another visiting author [...]
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
