Something was wrong. Maeve could feel it. She could see it in the secretary’s stolen glance as she bowed her head and turned away. She could tell by the way Arthur refused to look at her, pouring over the papers… Read More ›
Booked Briefs
Debbie Young // Murder In The Manger
Ella pulled her copy out of her bag and opened it at the first page, which to my relief showed only a couple of tiny edits. I’d half-expected to see it covered in red ink with “Must try harder” scrawled… Read More ›
Gretchen Archer // Double Deck The Halls
One of my great-granddaughters—I couldn’t tell them apart for love nor money; I called them both Sugar—pulled her halo off her head and was trying to put it on Davis’s. Davis peeked around it. “Granny, Bianca’s not here yet.” … Read More ›
Lynn Cahoon // A Deadly Brew
The planchette started to move on the board. Darla called out the letters as Esmerelda paused. Her arms felt loose and unresponsive under my hand. I would have sworn she wasn’t moving at all, yet I watched the letters being… Read More ›
Anthony Horowitz // The Word Is Murder
Diana Cowper had planned her own funeral and she was going to need it. She was murdered about six hours later that same day. Title: The Word is Murder Author: Anthony Horowitz Publisher: Century, August 24, 2017 Format/Source: Hardcover, Bookstore ISBN: 9781780896847 … Read More ›
Kate White // Even If It Kills Her
I replaced the cover and was about to press it back into a locked position when I heard what I thought were footsteps, the scuff of shoes on gravel. I cocked my head toward the sidewall, trying to listen. Was someone out… Read More ›
Marty Wingate // The Rhyme of the Magpie
I stood at the door, locking up at the end of the day, and in the window’s reflection I caught a glimpse of something—a sight across the road that froze my blood. There, just beside the red post box at the… Read More ›
