A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton

May 16, 2012 | My Musing

A Deadly Grind by Victoria Hamilton is the first book in the new “Vintage Kitchen” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, May 2012 A Hoosier to die for? When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s...

A Day In The Life Of Lola Cruz by Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

May 15, 2012 | A Day In My Life

A bevy of beautiful women lounging around the conference table at Camacho and Associates, each exhibiting their own take on ‘aloof’, wasn’t exactly par for the course, but it wasn’t all that surprising, either. When I stepped through the door of the PI firm I worked...

Buried in Buttercream by G. A. McKevett

May 15, 2012 | My Musing

Buried in Buttercream by G. A. McKevett is the 17th book in the “Savannah Reid” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, March 2012 After a recent brush with death, plus-sized P.I. and bride-to-be Savannah Reid has decided to stop sweating the small stuff....

A Day in the Life of Bruce Kohler by Elizabeth Zelvin

May 14, 2012 | A Day In My Life

Hi, I’m Bruce, I’m an alcoholic. I’d feel like a dork if I said I’m a grateful recovering alcoholic, the way my friend Jimmy and other guys with long-term sobriety do in AA. But I have to admit that life without booze doesn’t suck as much as I thought it would. For...

Hounds Abound by Linda O. Johnston

May 13, 2012 | My Musing

Hounds Abound by Linda O. Johnston is the third book in the “Pet Rescue” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, April 2012 Saving animals and solving murders seem to go paw in paw for shelter manager and amateur sleuth Lauren Vancouver. But this...