Two excellent adventures for boys and girls today. The Secrets of Black Water Creek, by R J Grant, has been sitting on my kindle for quite some time, as I got it free, probably in a Kindle giveaway. I haven’t
Book Review: The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
If you haven’t discovered Lindsey Davis’s delightful informer (which is what a private investigator is called in Ancient Rome) Marcus Didius Falco, then you’ve missed a treat. I’ve read 14 out of the 20 she has written (I gather there’s
Book Review: Shirley Link and the Safe Case by Ben Zackheim
Move over Sam Spade, there’s a new detective in town! Most reviewers suggest she’s Veronica Mars for grade-schoolers, but since I don’t know Veronica Mars I bow to their superiority and just say Shirley Link rocks! Some years ago there
Book Review: The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri
Since I have another book review scheduled for next Wednesday, which is Kid Lit Blog Hop day and the first day of a Blog Tour by Julie Grasso, I thought I’d nip over to the more adult books on my
Book Review: Vigilante by Claude Bouchard
This is not a children’s book – it’s a crime novel, and the crimes are pretty violent. The first in the Barry/McCall series, it introduces us to Dave McCall, police investigator with a problem, and Chris Barry, Executive Vice President