I needed a second blog to list the great new mysteries I can recommend. I still mourning the loss of Sue Grafton’s Kinsey Milhone. A Song of Comfortable Chairs (2022) Alexander McCall Smith. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is back, and there is trouble close to home. Mma Makutsi is the center of the … More More New Mystery Fiction (book reviews)
Mystery is my favorite genre of fiction. Crime mysteries populate my night table, and occasionally my nightmares. Each year, my favorite authors publish new books, which makes autumn such a special time of the year. I’ll be sharing books I’ve just finished, and my thoughts, but I won’t be giving away any clues. I’m even … More New Fiction by my Favorite Mystery Writers: Best Sellers Reviewed
Popular mystery writer David Baldacci is a writing machine. Like Janet Evanovich and Alexander McCall Smith, another two of my favorite fiction writers, he drops a new book at least yearly, and has several different series going at the same time. Baldacci has written 45 adult books (he also writes for children) and sold over … More David Baldacci: Character Series Books
A retreat to recalibrate Getting to know me The stillness is my song Even my shadow is carefree Do not fear aloneness Embrace it openly Reconcile the musty past History is your eternity This respite is a turnabout Along an unwritten journey Breathing in the spectral day Threading together each memory I’ve wandered and lived … More Homebody
Imagine a rainbow without rain Seductive moonlight in daytime A miracle predates a prayer The hour arrives with an unexpected chime — Memories exist preceding hello Enjoying clues to this mystery Still warm from those fingerprints Living familiar history — Feeling a tickle in my soul Could I have dreamed you? Keepsakes before we ever … More BeforePlay
Film noir is an exciting genre of the cinema and includes some of the best films ever made. Dark, mysterious, foreboding, psychological, often violent. It was a genre popular after World War II, into the 1950s, usually shot in black and white to help convey the darker emotional tone of the subject matter. If you … More Almost Noir
I could never put my finger on what kind of actor to call Peter Ustinov. He was certainly a dramatic actor. He played many comedic roles too. And then he played roles with a touch of each. He was a man with so much talent that labels were too narrow. He was president of a … More Peter Ustinov Remembered
The world’s best and most successful mystery writer: Agatha Christie. Her largest selling book, And Then There Were None, 2 million copies. Her works have been translated into stage plays, television series and feature films, tantalizing millions of fans. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920, so let’s raise a … More Agatha Christie Films
Mystery writer Sue Grafton died last week, shocking many of us who did not know she was ill. Her latest book, “Y” is for Yesterday, has only been released this fall, so she was very present on our minds. For people like me, I was pondering the how Grafton would write the final book in … More So Long, Sue Grafton
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