Review: Vanishing Point by Patricia Wentworth
Still waters run deep. That’s the theme of this classic English country-house mystery. The village of Hazel Green is as...
Review: Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers
Two victims. Two detectives. One body. That’s the basic premise of the book, and I’ll be walking on very...
#SneakPeek: Mr Mottley & the Plushbottom Conundrum – Old Friends
As you may recall, Mottley’s longstanding friendship with Chief Inspector Forthright reached a breaking point in Mr Mottley Gets His Man:...
Review: Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh
Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a warm, safe, and fun holiday celebration. And I hope those who don’t celebrate...
Author Inspiration: Ngaio Marsh
Contemporary cozy author Rachael Rawlings recently asked me to contribute to a profile post, along with several other women writers....
The Power of Place in the Fictive Dream
Mottley & Baker’s second adventure, Mister Mottley and the Dying Fall is set in October of 1932, six months after...
Tey For Two: A Book Binge Review
…or rather, Tey for four. I’ve been on an author binge this summer, and I don’t regret a single minute of...
Review: Death of a Ghost
Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham My rating: 5 of 5 stars This golden-age classic is the literary equivalent...
The Deadly Sins of Mystery Authors
The Golden Age writers toyed with various sets of rules of “fair play.” The oath of the famous “Detection Club,”...
