CODE OF SILENCE Sexual Misconduct by Federal Judges, the Secret System that Protects Them, and the Women Who Blew the WhistleBy LISE OLSEN Nonfiction / True Crime / Metoo / The CourtsPublisher: Beacon Press **** 288 pages Publication Date: August 9, 2022 (paperback) Code of Silence tells the story of federal court employee Cathy McBroom, …
PAPER TARGETSbyPatricia Watts Suspense / Literary Fiction / Women’s FictionPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: May 3, 2022 324 pages Scroll down for a giveaway! Everyone knew that Roanne never got angry—until the night she killed her ex-husband and herself Roanne, a nice, suburban lady in her sixties who works at a Hallmark shop and volunteers at …
This excerpt is part of chapter one of the fourth book in the Seasons Mystery Series, Brutal Season. I’ve been working on it for what seems like forever, but, well, stuff keeps happening that keeps me away from the computer more than I would like. The good news is that I’m back to work on …
DEADLY KEEPSAKESA Tori Winters Mystery byANITA DICKASON Categories: Mystery / Women SleuthsPublisher: Mystic Circle Books *** July 1, 2022 *** 360 pages Scroll down for the giveaway! When Tori Winters becomes the star witness in a murder trial, someone tries to kill her. Terrified, she’s not giving the killer a second chance. With all her …
A SHOT IN THE 80% DARKBean to Bar Mysteries, Book 4 byAMBER ROYER Cozy Mystery / Culinary Mystery /Woman Sleuth Publisher: Golden Tip PressDate of Publication: July 15, 2022 **** 285 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Felicity Koerber’s bean to bar chocolate shop is thriving. Despite everything she’s been through with the murders she’s helped solve, …
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This is a perfect offering from Slim Randles to share on the blog today. It’s roasting here in Texas and has been for several weeks. No rain for several weeks, either, with none in sight. And of course there is no global warming. Sigh… Anyway, it’s too hot to rant about anything, even though the …
Since I’m still in recovery mode from my shoulder surgery and some complications that popped up – literally as in swollen feet and legs – I’m pulling a post from July 2015. My friend Slim Randles wrote about what the Fourth of July holiday means in this thoughtful essay about parades, flags, and Independence Day. …
IN HONOR’S DEFENSEHanger’s Horsemen, #3byKAREN WITEMEYER Fiction / Christian / Historical / InspirationalPublisher: Bethany House PublishersDate of Publication: June 7, 2022 ** 384 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He’s Faced Countless Perils on the Battlefield, but Nothing so Dangerous as Falling in Love Luke Davenport has been fighting all his life–for respect, for country, …
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One of these weeks, months, I’ll get back to a regular working routine. As of today, time on the keyboard is still limited. Some things I can dictate, like work on my book, but I’ve always needed to punch the keys for updating the blog. Goes back to my newspaper days when I wrote columns …
Police in my little city are going down the street ticketing cars that are parked on the grass. Not the grass by the street, mind you, where it could be considered a traffic hazard, but the grass in the people’s own yards. Apparently there is some kind of ordinance here that says a car has …