BOOK REVIEW: BLAME THE BEIGNETS

Blame The Beignets Deputy Donut Mystery Book 9 Ginger Bolton Kensington Pub Nov 26th, 2024 Blame the Beignets by Ginger Bolton is a cozy mystery. The author even tries to have donut shapes incorporated into the setting, ending up with a Beignet boulder. A vivid...

BOOK REVIEW: PONY CONFIDENTIAL

Pony Confidential Christina Lynch Berkley Pub Nov 5th, 2024 Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch is a book about a pony who solves a murder. It is a tale of forgiveness, betrayal, and love. “I wrote a mystery told from the point of view of a pony loosely based on...

BOOK REVIEW: LONG TIME GONE

Long Time Gone Hannah Martian October 15, 2024 Crooked Lane Books Long Time Gone by Hannah Martian is her debut novel. It delves with rural American, having the setting influence the story. The idea for the story came about when “during summer 2021 I was working in...

Book Review: our Kind of Game

Navigating among points of view and time shifts is a feat for a seasoned author, but debut Joanna Copeland manages this easily in her thriller, OUR KIND OF GAME (Harper, July 2024). Stella is an attractive, middle-aged woman...

Book Review: Zero Stars Do Not Recommend

M.J. Wassmer’s Zero Stars Do Not Recommend has a ballsy title. If it was a bad book, the insults are just too easy. Luckily, however, it isn’t a bad book–in fact, quite the opposite–and thus said title works as this clever debut writer must have intended it to.

Book Review: Only One Survives

In Hannah Mary McKinnon’s cleverly titled Only One Survives, the center spotlight is on Vienna Taylor, an aspiring drummer whose band, The Bittersweet, was involved in fatal car accident outside the Catskills one snowy night.