Yearly Archives: 2010

Around the world, the evening of December 31 is a time of preparation for the big moment when the both hands of the clock are on the number 12 and time shifts seamlessly from one year to the next.  No … Continue reading →

PREY ON PATMOS is the third book in the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series and, like its predecessors, is an entertaining police procedural and an engrossing look at twenty-first century social problems against the background of an ancient culture. “There … Continue reading →

There were many books that I read in 2010 that I did not review (yet). Part I – Authors I read and enjoyed listed in no particular order – Martha Grimes, Lindsey Davis, Jo Nesbo, Rennie Airth, Elizabeth Darrell, Reginald … Continue reading →

I rarely read books in a series, one right after the other.  But I was curious about THE DARK VINEYARD by Martin Walker because he devoted so many pages in BRUNO, CHIEF OF POLICE to the introduction of the characters … Continue reading →

Thirteen years before the story opens, Barry Grant, a teenager, committed suicide.  It was quite straightforward; there was a note.  Barry had difficulty making friends, tried too hard to become part of any group who would take him.  None did. … Continue reading →

FOR THOSE OF US WHO CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST, MAY YOU HAVE A JOYOUS AND PEACE-FILLED DAY. FOR THOSE OF US WHO DO NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS, MAY YOU ALSO HAVE A JOYOUS AND PEACE-FILLED DAY. THERE WILL NOT BE … Continue reading →

With the exception of the first five years of my life, I have been going to school, teaching in school, or sending children to school.  January 1 is not my new year.  Mine begins the Wednesday after Labor Day.  My … Continue reading →

GREECE: BEFORE AND AGAIN – Jeffrey Siger MURDER IN MYKONOS introduces Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis in the first in the series by Jeffrey Siger.  This is a police procedural with more than a few twists to move it beyond the run-of-the-mill … Continue reading →

About “ABOUT” I don’t know how this works but it is good example of the temperature at which I like my coffee. The first entry on this blog was Cara Black’s MURDER IN THE PALAIS ROYAL.  It was posted on June … Continue reading →

Foxglove is the pen name of one of the mainstays who posts reviews, comments, and opinions on the Mystery Readers’ Cafe discussion at Amazon.  For a few years, she has led the Amazon discussion “Favorite Mysteries Taking Place At Christmas”.  … Continue reading →