“Do you read a lot?” you ask. “I don’t know, compared to what?” I respond. On December 13, with still 18 days to go, George Easter, editor of Deadly Pleasures, wrote on his blog: “My reading goal for 2023 was to read 120 mysteries, crime novels and thrillers. Today the count stands at 121 read. So my goal was reached.” Holy book pages, Batman! Gosh all Fiddlesticks! Damn, that’s amazing!! … Continue reading
Short Stories by Kate Flora It’s the Holidays and Kate Flora invites you to read her four Christmas short stories. If you read nothing else on this page, I hope you will find time to read one of them as they are all feel-good crime fiction stories. Just what the doctor ordered for me, anyway, as the world does seem darker than any of my preceding 76 Christmases. Free for … Continue reading
What mystery book club members were working in the library in 1994? Hint from the 1994, 350th Town Anniversary Book….
…and other goodies, like Join an online presentation with best selling authors Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush. See what happens when you love a-maze-ing mystery books. Meet FBI Special Agent Julia Cowley:Inside the Behavioral Analysis Unit (Virtual) TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 at 7:00—8:00 PM Join Special Agent Julia Cowley for a look inside FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Cowley will discuss how and why she became an FBI profiler, what profiling is … Continue reading
Sara Paretsky During the last meeting, when discussing various books for the future, I mentioned that Sara Paretsky has been a long time favorite of mine when it comes to PI novels, and her protagonist, V. I. Warshawski, is a very likable strong female hero. So I was happy to just get a notice that Bouchercon2023 (which I am planning to attend at the end of August), has selected Paretsky … Continue reading
More mystery book fan Valentine Cards on Janet Rudolph’s blog here. Many mystery authors have given their protagonist’s romantic partner a prime place in their book series. Spenser and Susan come immediately to mind along with Nick and Nora Charles and others. Once again, premier mystery fan Janet Rudolph has an even more extensive list of mystery authors with their protagonist and romantic supporting characters. Check out her list; maybe … Continue reading
As of this weekend (Dec 2, 2022), the new Inspector Gamache and Three Pines videos are streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime. All based on the novels of Louise Penny. Continue to cartoon just below. For full details about the new Three Pines streaming videos, click to the earlier post on Nov 5, 2022.
Tell me in the “Reply” box at the bottom if you can remember staying up real late reading a real page-turner. What was the book? How late did you stay up? Was it because the book was so good, or that the book was due for book club the next day? Haha! Can you see the whole cartoon? Click the title to expand the page.
First of all, some definitions, taken and slightly adapted from Wikipedia: Special circumstances in criminal law are actions of the accused, or conditions under which a crime, particularly homicide, was committed. Such factors require or allow for a more severe punishment. Special circumstances are elements of the crime itself, and thus must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt during the guilt phase of the trial. As such, they are formally … Continue reading
Ain’t this the truth….. [click title above if you can’t see the cartoon]
LET'S PLAY CLUE: Was it MBC Leader Dick Goutal, in the garden, using the poisonous plant, Black Henbane?
