by | Nov 28, 2012 | Review
Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich’s hapless bounty hunter heroine, has some wild skips to chase this time: a large scale embezzler who disappeared from the hospital, a guy with a Hawaiian tiki which causes people to make bad decisions, and a nice middle aged lady...
by | Nov 23, 2012 | Review
Miss Hannah Pym worked her way up from scullery maid to housekeeper in Regency England, and often looked from the windows of the rooms she cleaned and saw the “Flying Machines” –the stagecoaches — carry passengers to what she imagined must be...
by | Nov 21, 2012 | Review
Think of Sherlock Holmes, with his razor-sharp mind, skill at disguise, band of Baker Street Irregulars and bold unconventionality. Now make him a beautiful Australian woman in the Jazz Age. Phryne Fisher is rich, lovely, and unfettered by convention. Living in luxury...
by | Nov 19, 2012 | Review
Lela Davidson wrote, in Blacklisted from the PTA, about childbirth (not quite the way it sounds in natural childbirth class), babies, preschoolers, elementary school field trips (don’t hand out peanut M&Ms — unless you want to get blacklisted), and...
by | Nov 15, 2012 | Review
Teddy Bentley is a zookeeper who lives on a houseboat on California’s central coast, and when the story begins she’s supervising llama rides at a Renaissance Faire. Her mother, a former beauty queen who has made a career out of marrying rich men, is...
by | Nov 14, 2012 | Review
Dr. Simon Shaw is spending Thanksgiving weekend with friends on the beach. The idea is to spend time with the kids, relax with a paperback, walk on the beach, eat great food — and maybe get another chance with the lovely Julia. Instead, Shaw is called in to...
