Summer is a great time to read cozy mysteries – they are light-hearted, quick reads with interesting and usually quirky characters. You can relax and be entertained whether you are on a beach, in the shade, or taking advantage of the air conditioning. Rebecca Connolly’s foray into the genre, the Claire Walker series, starts with […]
Matthew Redd is a Marine through and through. He is a special ops soldier preparing for a mission with his team. The go time has been pushed back again so the team commander gives them all 36 hours liberty. That’s when things go wrong for Redd in Ryan Steck’s debut, Fields of Fire. With a […]
Polly Potter is unhappy. Her partner, Christopher, takes her completely for granted at home and at work her misogynist boss treats her as a servant and takes credit for her work. But in The Accidental Rewrite by Milly Johnson, Polly is about to make some changes. Polly and Christopher have been together for eight years […]
The snow and cold we had a few weeks ago was a perfect excuse (if you needed one) to curl up with a few good books. One of the first I read, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, was recommended by a friend and long-time library user. The author, Walter Isaacson, takes you on an in […]
We are at the halfway point for the Joplin Public Library’s Adult Winter Reading Challenge. For the challenge you choose 5 categories from a list and read something that matches that category. If you are still filling in categories like I am, here is a title that will fulfill “Written from villain’s POV”. Samantha’s Downing’s […]
My friend and co-worker Linda liked to review non-fiction books. She said she didn’t worry about giving too much away. She was also a daily reader of Dear Abby and loved to talk about the columns that outraged her. Mary Beth Norton’s new book, “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” Letters on Love & Marriage […]
What does a youth worker, a retired farmer, a teenage computer hacker and a septuagenarian Miss Marple wannabe have in common? In The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson it is the St. Tredock Community Book Club. Nova Davies, the youth worker, is an employee of the St. Tredock Community Center and the book club […]
Janice Cantore’s Every Deadly Suspicion is set in present day Dry Oaks, California but the story begins in December 1990 when Joe Keyes’s wife announces she’s pregnant. Once he gets over the shock, Joe is elated but knows he has to make some changes. Joe’s current source of income is cooking meth. He finds a […]
The fifth Finlay Donovan book is out and reminded me how much I enjoy this series. I could tell you about #5 but if you are going to read about Finlay’s crazy life you have to start at the beginning. Each book starts where the last one ended so it is one continuous story. The […]
Helen Cartwright was born in a small English village but lived the last sixty years in Australia. When she turns eighty and with nothing to hold her in Australia she returns to the place of her birth to die. Now three years later as each day passes Helen realizes that “even for death there is […]
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