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GUEST REVIEW: Requiem for Ashes by David Crossman

GUEST REVIEW: Requiem for Ashes by David Crossman

Dear Mr. Crossman: You had me at “Your head’s on fire.” The first time I read Requiem for Ashes was under its original 1994 title, Murder in a Minor Key. I was working at the now-closed and much mourned Scotland Yard Books in Winnetka, Illinois, where I’d earned a reputation for liking books with quirky(…)

REVIEW: The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh

REVIEW: The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh

Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane told me that we had(…)

REVIEW: Silver Falls by Anne Stuart

REVIEW: Silver Falls by Anne Stuart

Dear Ms. Stuart, ewlywed Rachel Chapman Middleton has been living in her husband’s hometown, the sleepy college hamlet of Silver Falls, Washington, for only a few months when the body of a young woman is discovered. It’s an especially unwelcome shock for Rachel because she married David Middleton, a respected college professor, in large part(…)