Word Confusion: Bald-faced versus Bold-faced
Bald-faced is an outrageous lie or a white face while boldfaced is typically used to create headlines in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Author: Kathy Davie
Book Review: Ngaio Marsh’s The Death of a Fool
This year’s Mardian Mawris dance includes several sacrifices, and the suspects are numerous. Detective-Inspector Alleyn dances about with various villagers, a close-knit family, and a nutty dowager.
Book Review: J.D. Robb’s Visions in Death
The dead are everywhere with their eyes taken and red ribbons entangling their necks. When a psychic appears to have the details, Lieutenant Eve Dallas accepts help from her only to find the stakes raised when her partner, Dee Peabody is attacked.
Word Confusion: Aggravate versus Irritate
My neighbor began it all by irritating me, then she kept it up and it’s become really aggravating in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Word Confusion: gallop vs galop vs Gallup
A gallop is the fast pace of horses. The galop is a lively round dance. And the Gallup poll says both are fun activities in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: J.D. Robb’s Divided in Death
In the year 2059, technology and humanity collide and a new computer virus has become the latest form of terrorism. Both sides are willing to kill and Reva Ewing appears to be a stumbling block, one that involves Roarke. It’s the murders that involve Lt Eve Dallas.
Book Review: Ngaio Marsh’s Scales of Justice
A charming English village and a cast of aristocrats reveal the darkness of betrayal with the help of a trout and a fish-eating cat to Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn.
Word Confusion: Parameter versus Perimeter
A parameter is properly used in technical fields, although these days, many use it as a guide. A perimeter is the outer boundary of an enclosed space in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Agatha Christie’s Passenger to Frankfurt
A diplomat whose identity is “stolen” encounters his “thief” again and again, and each time she’s identified as a different person. Drawing Sir Stafford Nye into a game of political intrigue more dangerous than he could possibly imagine where no-one can be sure of anyone.
Word Confusion: Petit versus Petite
Petit and petite are both small. Only petit is the masculine form as well as a reference to minor crimes while petite is the feminine form in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.