My January reading was as all over-the-board as the weather here in Ann Arbor. Some of it depressed me as much as the foot of heavy wet snow we got, but then there were some days (and books) that were pure sunshine. My art—it’s about choosing when I release the shutter. It’s not about setting up a scene and making a picture of it. It’s about being ... Read More...
Fates and Traitors
Fates and Traitors is a novel about John Wilkes Booth as told from the vantage point of the three women who were most important in his life and one near stranger who let him into her life. There is his mother, Mary Ann Booth; his sister, Asia; and Lucy Hale, his secret fiancé. Mary Surratt is a woman sympathetic to the Confederate cause, who owned the boarding house where he ... Read More...
Just One Evil Act
Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is not a woman well-known for her fashion sense or healthy living. Neither is she able to keep her mouth shut when she disagrees with what is being said—no matter who is saying it. What she has in excess is loyalty and when a dear friend’s daughter is taken away by her mother; she ignores all warnings and advice to stay out of it and gets ... Read More...
Compound Fractures
The last couple of weeks have been big reading weeks. Intense reading weeks. Worth every minute and page but leaving me fairly drained. So when I saw that Stephen White had come out with a new Alan Gregory mystery in August I decided to break away and revisit a favorite character. Compound Fracturesis the 20th and final novel in the Alan Gregory series and I’ve read all of ... Read More...
