Mystery
Destination: Southern Arizona Book: White Heat by Brenda Novak (NEW August 2010) What fun to read a novel set in a place I am very familiar with., the first in a triology of romance mysteries by the prolific Brenda Novak, takes place in the far southeastern corner of Arizona. The towns of Portal and [...]
PDF The Great American Road Trip Destination: New Orleans, Louisiana (1817) Books: A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly (1997) New Orleans Noir, edited by Julie Smith (2007) People of color could be classified in a dozen ways like mulatto, griffe, octoroon, musterfino and more. But whites were classified, also. Besides the Spanish, there were [...]
The Great American Road Trip: Florida Destination: Florida Book: Nature Girl, 2006, by Carl Hiaasen I have a lot of serious, thoughtful books in my travel library. Carl Hiassen didn’t write any of them. Print PDF
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The Great American Road Trip Destination: South Carolina Book: Bull’s Island by Dorothea Benton Frank With So What, Ya’ll? Dorothea Benton Frank does the South Carolina Cliché A guest post by Margo Millure of The Travel Belles Print PDF
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The Great American Road Trip Destination: North Carolina (The Sand Hills) Book: The Last Child by John Hart (2009) Winner of this year’s Edgar Awards for best Mystery Novel Print PDF
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The Great American Road Trip Destination: Virginia Books: Sister Jane’s Foxhunting Books by Rita Mae Brown and Mrs. Murphy Mysteries by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown ( a cat) Guest Post by Paula K. Price Print PDF
The best mystery novel winners were announced last night. My pick for first, Jo Nesbo’s Nemesis did not make it. (What do I know? But I still am a great fan!) I will be reviewing the novel chosen as Best Mystery Novel of 2010, John Hart‘s The Last Child, on June 2 when the Great [...]
On April 29, Edgar awards for best mysteries published in 2009 will be announced. I am delighted that the publicist sent me four books of the six nominated in the mystery novel category to look over. Print PDF
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Destination: Washington D.C. Book: Decoding the Lost Symbol by Simon Cox Simon Cox, a native of Britain who lives in California, took time away from his research of alternate history and organizing his vast collection of CDs to talk to us about his new book,which demystifies Dan Brown’s . Print PDF
