Monthly Archives: September 2023

 “To everything turn, turn, turnThere is a season turn, turn, turnAnd a time to every purpose under Heaven.” That’s from a song with music and lyrics by Pete Seeger and based closely on  Ecclesiastes chapter 3 in the Old Testament. … Continue reading →

On December 27, 2011 Russ Ferria of Troy, Missouri, was arrested for brutally killing his wife, Betsy.  He had found her body, called 911,  and ended up in jail with very manipulative police officers. He got an attorney and.was released … Continue reading →

Again!  I get to Chapter 4 or something in a book from the library and I’m not at all happy with the narrator, but plugging away and getting very sleepy. The next morning I started in again and after a … Continue reading →

Now how could I resist this??? The New York Times headline for their review of this book reads “A Novel That’s Equal Parts Murder Mystery, Courtroom Drama and Immigration Tale.”   Okay – gotta do this. I’ve loved mysteries since … Continue reading →

This is one of the very best true crime books I’ve read in years.  I should probably have gotten the Kindle version to go with it but it seemed strong on its own, the reviews didn’t talk about pictures and … Continue reading →

This is the second book and first memoir of John Douglas, one of the most famous FBI agents ever (except J Edgar of course) tells the story of how he grew up as basically middle class middle American boy. He … Continue reading →

This was fun without being as silly as I half-expected. Mother-Daughter Murder Night was released this week and I decided on the spur of the moment that I just needed another mystery now.  It seemed to have gotten good customer … Continue reading →

I had this in my wish list when it went on sale. And there I was in need of a break from nonfiction with crime fiction or true crime. I caved and it turned out longer than I expected.   … Continue reading →

Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted on Reviews From the Stacks on the first Saturday of each month, so here we are, a week later instead. I grabbed it from Lisa, but saw the meme earlier elsewhere and I’ve … Continue reading →

I’m going to get this series up to date this year.  I started it back in 2014 or so, and dropped it because having read about 8 of them I was used to John Bancroft’s beautifully rendered novels.  So I … Continue reading →

I gave this book every chance I could. I saw it available at the library and I’d seen it around. But I am really glad I didn’t waste a credit on it, but I did waste some time. I think it … Continue reading →

I’d had my eye on this ever since it won the Pulitzer Award for History in 2022.   I was a history major and I kind of know US history and some European history, but that’s about it. Sad to … Continue reading →

The first Saturday of the month means Six Degrees of Separation day. This meme is hosted by Kate at BooksAreMyFavouriteandBest. The idea is she gives a starting title, then associates six other books with it- and invites her readers to do … Continue reading →