Linda Fairstein has been called “the queen of intelligent suspense,” and is without question uniquely qualified to write a series featuring a female Assistant D.A. in New York whose area of expertise is sex crimes, having herself worked as the head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney‘s office from 1976 until 2002. I’m a …
I’ve been a huge Dave Barry fan for years. I tend to like humor that is taken from real life and comes from experiences that humans share and can relate to. Like talking to the people from the cable company, for example (in his case, Comcast, in my case Charter/ATT/DirecTV). So I am happy to …
True Crime Time! I’ve been a fan of M. William Phelps for years – among TC writers, there are many that just crank out crap, there are one-hit wonders who put out a good ONE, and then there are the (very) few who consistently give us a well-researched, carefully written story. M. William Phelps is …
As I noted when I read Lisa See’s The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, I have loved reading her books for years, with my favorites including Shanghai Girls, Dragon Bones and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. I was particularly pleased when, thanks to Scribner and NetGalley, I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of …
I’m a podcast listener. I listen to a dozen or more each week, and I’m someone who cannot differentiate between (or among) multiple hosts most of the time. One podcast that I listen to fairly regularly is Reply All, hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman. Their February 14th episode (#136) was entitled The Founder, …
Thanks to Watkins Publishing and NetGalley, I had the chance to read The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People by Mel Collins in exchange for an honest review. I’ve been fascinated by the concept of HSPs for several years, ever since I read about it and had a “Eureka!” moment. I’ve known since I was about …
Forget You Know Me is the latest from Jessica Strawser, author of 2017’s Almost Missed You and 2018’s Not That I Could Tell. I gave both of these a qualified five stars, so I am clearly a fan – which meant I jumped at the chance to have a copy of FYKM from St. Martin’s …
True crime is my guilty pleasure – has been for decades, and it seems the world is catching up, thanks maybe to podcasts and TV shows (ranging from sleazy and cheesy to straightforward factual documentaries). Wild Blue Press has published some interesting TC, so I was pleased to receive a copy of A. J. Flick’s …