Why don't people appreciate Mathes more? Every time I read one of his books, I think "oh, this is great!" and then he faces out of my consciousness. His books are strange combos of cozy and adventure, peril and romance, with their own wonderful quirks.When Molly's grandmother dies, she and her ...
I don't read too many mystery books, but this one kept me guessing the whole way though. The story is of a woman that must find out what really happened to her father 8 years ago before all these new events get out of hand. She meets several people that have something to do with her father, she t...
The title of this book caught my eye when I was at The Book Thing in Baltimore. Perhaps it's all the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo type books that made it stand out. I'd hoped for a little more of the magic the cover promised. The clues were interesting to follow, but not so transparent that import...
"Read this," a friend of mine said to me, handing me a book. "It's very odd."Well, I'm all for odd, and so I happily plunged into The Girl with the Phony Name which was not nearly so odd as I thought it might be. I'd say the applicable word is wonderful.And the people in it are wonderful. They in...
Her first impulse was to fall on her knees and kiss the ground. She managed to resist, however. Somehow she got the feeling that the two soldiers who stood at either side of the steps, with the black barrels of their submachine guns pointed at the deplaning passengers, might not understand. Emma ...