Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams (2017) – In a small town in western North Carolina, four women bond over personalized scones and shared secrets. Each bears a burden that sets them apart from the folks around them, until the death of a real estate investor strikes them as wrong. Together they... Continue Reading →
Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris (2024) The daughters of two legendary figures join forces to investigate several terrible murders in turn of the century Paris. Samantha Harker is the daughter of Jonathan Harker, who killed Dracula. She forms an unlikely partnership with Dr. Helena Moriarty, the daughter of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest foe. Their pasts... Continue Reading →
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (2022) -Shea Collins is a true crime blogger who stumbles into the interview of a lifetime. Beth Greer is beautiful, intelligent, and haunted by the two murders for which she was tried and acquitted. But she agrees to meet Shea for an interview. Past and present... Continue Reading →
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020) – A quartet of retirees with a passion for unsolved murders face a murder on the grounds of their retirement home. Balancing their own lives and issues with the effects of the murder takes all the experience they gained over the decades of their lives. Why I Liked... Continue Reading →
You're So Dead To Me - Grimdale Graveyard Mysteries, Book 1 by Steffanie Holmes (2023) - After an accident gave her the ability to see and hear ghosts, Bree's life got complicated. Her hometown of Grimdale treats her like a freak. The three ghosts that host her house won't leave her alone. When she couldn't... Continue Reading →
The Grand Man-A Swedish Mystery by Florence Wetzel (2019) – An American jazz journalist goes to Sweden to interview several top artists. She discovers the seedy side of her subjects, and is drawn into two murder investigations. One is the husband of the singer she interviews, and the other is the unsolved assassination of Swedish... Continue Reading →
The Woman in White (1859) by Wilkie Collins – A drawing teacher meets a mysterious woman dressed in white on his way to a new job. When he arrives, he finds a beautiful young woman who could be the first woman’s twin. His love for his student is doomed because of their different social positions,... Continue Reading →
Bond Meets Holmes Meets Cadfael The Name of the Rose (1986) – An intellectual, rebellious Franciscan monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths at a Benedictine abbey. He faces inter-order rivalries, plus an old enemy from the Vatican.Directed by Jean-Jacques AnnaudStarring Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Ron Perlman, Michael Lonsdale.Why I Liked It... Continue Reading →
Dive Deep To Find Truths You May Not Want To Know Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney (2021) - Forty years ago, an asteroid threatened Earth with destruction. It was Akira Kimura that identified and then neutralized the threat, making her the savior of humanity. When she feels threatened, she calls on her former bodyguard/friend... Continue Reading →
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (2020) - A high-profile wedding brings disappointments, secrets, and death to a beautiful island off the coast of Ireland. Will it be “happily ever after” or will someone else die? Here’s the quick way to think of this book. Update F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby” characters to the 21st... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 