TWEET TREATS by Jane Travers

If you know me at all, you know that I can’t cook to save my life. Can’t even boil water…am dangerous with knives…you get the picture. The only cookbooks I’ve ever owned belonged to my mother, and I treasure them as keepsakes, but I’ve never actually used...

THE BURNING SOUL by John Connolly

In THE BURNING SOUL, John Connolly once again perfectly balances the elements of a great story: character, story (plot) and place. If you’ve read Connolly before, you know that his characters are fascinating in their imperfection. Private detective Charlie Parker is...

THE WOODCUTTER by Reginald Hill

I finished reading THE WOODCUTTER months ago—five of them, to be exact—and have been debating this review with myself ever since. Why? It can be summed up in one word: lonning.Unless you happen to be reading this from the Cumbria region of England, chances are good...

Dear Kobo

In which I get a little cranky and assert that not all marketing people are stupid.I was surprised—shocked, even—to see not one single ereader company at Bouchercon, the largest gathering of crime fiction fans and authors in the world, particularly since according to...