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Review: Murder in a Cornish Teashop
Murder in a Cornish Teashop by Fliss Chester is the first book in the new Maddie Penrose series. Set in a small rural teashop that is frequented by locals and visiting hikers alike, the story begins soon after a burnt out Maddie leaves her job as a chef in London
Review: Never Mind the Happy
Marc Shaiman's memoir Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner is a wonderfully light and breezy autobiography. How so? I inhaled this book in an afternoon.
If you have consumed any Broadway musicals in recent decades, you have probably experienced some of Shaiman's
Page Paralysis
I hate February so much. It's the month after my birthday so I don't have that to look forward to for another year. I was single for over thirty years so Valentines Day was always depressing then and even though Tom and I have been together
Review: The Starseekers
Sometimes, it pays to pick out a book that seems outside your usual reading list. For me, that was how I discovered the joy that is The Starseekers: A Historical Fantasy of Magic, Murder, and the Race to the Moon. It may be my favorite book since I started reviewing
Recipe: Bourbon Bacon Green Bean Casserole
Spotlight: Love And Death
This is the first spotlight post of Cozying Up. These posts will feature a newly published book that may be of interest to readers of this blog. In some cases, a review of the featured book may appear later.
Love and Death is the sixth book in the Meg Sheppard
Review: Maiden Voyage
Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse (aka the Fake History Hunter) posted just a few days ago about what she calls "The Titanic Complex." She defines it as "when extra drama is added to a historical event because it is (wrongly) assumed that the truth is not exciting enough."
Review: The Body on the Roundabout
Dorset is both geographically and culturally far from London. For some, a chance to get back into journalism after taking the blame for someone else is worth whatever they have to do (or suffer).
In Faith Eckersall's The Body on the Roundabout, Harry Hedges is fresh out of
Review: Murder Most British
There are some books when you hear that another one in the series is coming out soon, it makes you positively giddy. This book is one of those for me. I may have even squealed in joy.
Murder Most British is the 3rd book in The Secret Detective Agency series.
Why? Why Not.
Review: The Secret of the Old Clock
To begin with, this is not my usual type of book review. As you can tell from the book cover, this is not a new book. In fact, it was first published almost a hundred years ago, and it was more of a manufacturing product than a literary work.
Nancy
And So It Begins...
For years, I thought I was going to retire when I turned 65. I mean that's the stereotypical time to retire (even if you have to wait until 67 now for "full" social security and there is a movement to push it to 70). But as
Review: The Armchair Detectives
I have to be honest. I started this book and then had to move to a different book before I could come back and finish it (and I'm glad I did come back). Let me explain...
The Armchair Detectives by Matt Dunn tells the story of Martin Maxwell,