April 2025

    What Happened to Ellen? by Nancy Grace

    Publication Date April 22, 2025 “The best way to get away with homicide is to have it ruled a suicide” Once again, it’s time for my CONFESSION: true crime is my biggest guilty pleasure…and this genre is definitely all over the place with some great work, and some real basura. You know, the “wow, that …

    A Clean Mess by Tiffany Jenkins

    Publication Date August 3, 2025 As I freely admitted when I read and reviewed Laura Delano’s Unshrunk, “…I have had my share of interactions with mental health care, and that I honestly feel I’m here thanks in part to the wonders of pharmacology and skilled therapy…I also admit that I have close friends and family …

    The White Crow by Michael Robotham

    Publication Date July 1, 2025 Michael Robotham’s  When You Are Mine (2021), featured Philomena (“Phil”) McCarthy, an officer with the Metropolitan Police in London. When I read and reviewed that terrific novel,  I noted that the “… plot is strong, and I came away hoping for more stories about Phil, her family, and her career. …

    The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers

    Publication Date May 6, 2025 I started listening to the Crime Junkie podcast waaaay back in 2017 (true crime has been my friend for years – when I worked in a public library, I could frequently be found in the 364.1523 section. I have mostly enjoyed it (due to Ashley more than Brit, TBH) except …

    Hidden In Smoke by Lee Goldberg

    Publication Date April 22, 2025 Somehow, in the past few years, Lee Goldberg has made his way onto my list of reliable/favorite authors…you know, the ones that when you see they have a new book, you think, “YES! Definitely gotta get THAT one!” In 2022, there was Movieland, in 2023, Malibu Burning and Calico, in …