Author Kate Khavari brings us an intriguing and authentic new mystery, A Botanist’s Guide to Parties and Poisons. It’s the very first book in her new Saffron Everleigh Mystery series. I was mesmerized from the very beginning. It’s London, the early 1920’s. Research...

I’m positively hooked on Poisoned Pen’s releases of the British Library Crime Classics. These Names Make Clues is another superb mystery published in 1937 by E.C.R. Lorac, a pen name for Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958), who also wrote as Carol Carnac. This book...

When funny lady and writer Laura Levine was just breaking into the business, she worked with some of the best comedians of all-time (think Jack Benny, Smother Brothers, etc.). I’m sure she never dreamed she’d also have TV credits for shows such as The Bob Newhart...

It was a misty, rainy Sunday morning – remnants from Hurricane Ian. A good day to stay snuggled under the covers with a cup of tea and a good book. That “good book” was In Too Steep by Kate Kingsbury – an absolutely perfect read for that foggy morning. In Too Steep...