Genre: mystery

Book Review: Deborah Sharp’s Mama Does Time

Book Review: Deborah Sharp’s Mama Does Time

The trouble’s for real: Mama found a body in the trunk of her vintage convertible, and the police think she’s the killer. It doesn’t help that the handsome detective assigned to the case seems determined to prove Mama’s guilt, or that the cowboy who broke Mace’s heart shows up at the local Booze ‘n’ Breeze in the midst of the investigation.

Posted May 1, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Resurrection Row

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Resurrection Row

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Resurrection Rowby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on May 12, 1986 and has 224 pages.or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Cardington Crescent, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingFourth in the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in Victorian England and revolving around an unlikely couple. My Take Twisty. Perry sure went to a lot of work on this one. It’s foot-slogging having to go back over and over again. Dealing with the same people as Pitt continues to drag the bits and pieces out of them. Slowly assembling the puzzle. It’s an excellent example of why the police need to ask so many seemingly unrelated questions. You never know when one bit of information, one sly hint will be the catalyst to […]

Posted May 1, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Reginald Hill’s On Beulah Height

Book Review: Reginald Hill’s On Beulah Height

A drought and dropping water table have brought Dendale’s ruins into view. And a little girl has gone missing from a nearby village. Helped by Chief Inspector Peter Pascoe, an older, fatter, and wiser Dalziel has a second chance to uncover the secrets of a drowned valley and three missing girls from the past. The identity of a killer rests on what one child saw . . . and what another, now grown, fears with all her heart to remember . . .

Posted April 10, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Novice’s Tale

Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Novice’s Tale

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library The Novice’s Taleby Margaret Frazer historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Berkley on November 1, 1993 and has 229 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include A Play of Knaves, A Play of Lords, A Play of Treachery, A Play of Piety, Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises, A Play of HeresyCoventry, Easter, plays, murder, spies, guilds, mercer, jealousy, Judas, theater, directing, acting, suicide, costumes, religious plays,, The Servant’s Tale, The Outlaw’s Tale, The Bishop’s Tale, The Murderer’s Tale, The Boy’s Tale, The Prioress’ Tale, The Maiden’s Tale, The Squire’s Tale, Clerk’s Tale, The Bastard’s Tale, The Hunter’s Tale, The Widow’s TaleFirst in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around a group of nuns, Dame Frevisse in particular. The series is based in St. Frideswide’s priory, a Benedictine order, in Oxfordshire. This particular story takes place in September in the Year of Our Lord’s grace 1431. My Take Okay, do not read […]

Posted March 20, 2012 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 1 Comment