Word Confusion: Stanch versus Staunch
While both can be used interchangeably, it’s best to stanch the flow of a liquid and be a staunch supporter of something or someone in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Valentine Williams’ The Man with the Clubfoot
A message arrives that Francis is in trouble. In wartime Germany. Worried for his brother, Desmond Okewood, tracks the message through prison camps, hotels, and cafés, doing his best to avoid ruthless German spies.
Word Confusion: Instance versus Instant
In this instance, I’d prefer an espresso over instant coffee in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Kelley Armstrong’s “Forsaken”
One of Elena and Clay’s eight-year-old twins has disappeared, and all evidence points to Malcolm Danvers. It seems as if the psychotic former Pack member they’ve been tracking for the past year has brought the fight to them, setting the bait he knows Elena can’t afford to ignore.
Book Review: Ngaio Marsh’s Death in a White Tie
The season had begun. Debutantes and chaperones were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. The blackmailer was planning his strategies, stalking his next victim. And a body is found in the back of a taxi.
Word Confusion: Multiple versus Multiply
Multiple is about connections and parts while multiply is more active with performing mathematical functions and breeding in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Agatha Christie’s The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories
It’s an omnibus of nine short stories in the Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Parker Pyne vintage mystery series.
Word Confusion: Morbid versus Moribund
Self-editing writers may not be concerned about the moribund genre in which they want to write or they simply have a morbid fascination about watching their story crash and burn in this Word Confusion from KD Did It.
Book Review: Agatha Christie’s Three Blind Mice and Other Stories
Agatha Christie’s Three Blind Mice and Other Stories as an omnibus of nine stories in the vintage mystery genre that includes Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Harley Quin.
Book Review: Larissa Ione’s Reaper
Azagoth made a bargain to maintain the balance of good and evil, expecting respect from both sides. But neither side respects him. One has kidnapped his mate while Heaven wants him and his baby dead.