Who Could That Be at This Hour? (Review)

Lemony Snicket – Who Could That Be at This Hour? (Little, Brown for Young Readers, Hardcover, $15.99, 10/23/12) Joyous! Unexpected! Joyously unexpected! ‘Joyous’ is a word which here means it puts a smile on your face. ‘Unexpected’ is a word which here means out...

World Book Night USA

From The Booking Desk: World Book Night will once again be held on April 23, 2013.  Applications for being a book giver as now open.  Please be sure to read the directions carefully.  Remember, they provide the book, you provide the recipients. World Book Night...

The Amber Amulet (Review)

From the Booking Desk: Let’s call today’s review a mini-review. The book in question, The Amber Amulet by Craig Silvey, was sent to me from Australia by a dear friend. I think that most US readers will have difficulty locating a copy of the book, but I still wanted to...

The Vanishing Point (Review)

Val McDermid – The Vanishing Point (Atlantic Monthly Press, Hardcover, $25.00, 10/02/2012) Val McDermid is probably best known for her series of novels featuring criminal profiler Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan, which was adapted into the television series, Wire...

The Cutting Season (Review)

Attica Locke – The Cutting Season (HarperCollins, Hardcover, $25.99, 9/18/2012) If Toni Morrison were to write a traditional murder mystery, it would likely look something like Attica Locke’s The Cutting Season. This is not to imply that the novel rehashes...

BOLO – Holiday Historicals

From the Booking Desk: It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of October.  Bouchercon is quickly becoming a memory as we gear up for Halloween.  And that can only mean that the holiday season is right behind (!*??)  When did all the stores start...