SWEETHEART SLEUTHS
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Here's my* updated Short List *of* Sweetheart Sleuths *for* Valentine's
Day! *I'm sure I'm missing a few couples. Make a comment with *author and
sweeth...
Happy Valentine's Day
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
––Jeff
This being a site hosted by crime writers, you might think I’m about to
plunge into a discussion of the most fam...
Forgotten Book - Crime Wave
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One of the reasons why I regard Martin Russell as an interesting crime
writer, a cut above many of the prolific authors who were his stable-mates
in th...
Review - Revenge Served Royal
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I love this description of the book: "Bridgerton meets The Great British
Baking Show. Lots of plot twists, and lots of fun." ―Kirkus Reviews
I began with...
New Releases - October and November 2025
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I'm still behind but here is what I've got on my database for *October -
November* 2025. It's a bit patchy, but I have gathered a more complete set
of data...
Мелбет бонус промокод на сегодня
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Регистрация в Мелбет без паспорта Компания Melbet давно популярна среди
беттеров. Букмекер предлагает широкий набор спортивных событий,
привлекательные кот...
Wondrous Words Wednesday
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Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words
that you’ve encountered or spotlight words you love. Feel free to get
creative! ...
#amreading What Lies Beneath Us, Kirsty Ferguson
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I'm actually half way through this extremely promising piece of writing.
*From the Blurb:*
Jessica James had the perfect life. She had a good job, suppor...
Out of Mind by Kendall Talbot
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Title: Out of Mind Author: Kendall Talbot Genre: Romantic suspense Opens:
From the moment Holly climbed into the helicopter, a sense of foreboding
plagued ...
Review: BREAKHEART HILL by Thomas H. Cook
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I’m very grateful to regular visitor Tracy (who blogs wonderfully herself
at Biter Tea and Mystery) for recommending this book set in her native
Alabama fo...
From Fred Vargas to Kati Hiekkapelto
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I have finally finished A Climate of Fear after many weeks. This is nothing
to do with the quality of a fine book but more to do with my state of
health an...
>People Like Us….
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>In real life, murders are committed by all kinds of people from every
social class. Murder victims, too, come from every social class. So do
those who inv...
The Weekend Review - February 14th-February 16th
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The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book
Reviewer ~ It's a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on
your ...
Spell the Month in Books – February 2026
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Spell the Month in Books is a linkup hosted by Jana on Reviews From the
Stacks on the first Saturday of each month. The goal is to spell the
current month ...
Happy Valentine's Day
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Saturday, February 14, 2026
––Jeff
This being a site hosted by crime writers, you might think I’m about to
plunge into a discussion of the most fam...
Fredericks, the Flapper, and the “Card Cad”
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What history tells us is this much: On the morning of Friday, June 11,
1920, wealthy bridge-playing playboy Joseph Elwell was found dying in the
drawing ro...
Tell Me Your Secrets by Poppy Gee
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*My TBR pile (Just kidding. I took the picture in Arcadian Books and
Prints, in the French Quarter of New Orleans.) *
*Do you try to stay current in you...
Ripster Revivals #21
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*Ripster Revivals # 21: An Apology*
Actually, two apologies. First to frantic regular readers who have been
wondering why this column has not appeared...
The Tyranny of Perfection
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Reading Peter Godfrey-Smith’s *Other Minds* recently, I was reminded of an
Intro I wrote for *Knock and Enter*, a book I edited during my stint as
Writer-...
FFB: THEY CALLED US ENEMY, George Takei
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George Takei, an actor who starred on STAR TREK, co-authored this graphic
novel about his childhood in internment camps during World War 2. Although
it...
The Smells of Spring Weekly Link Round-Up
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I haven't done all that much this week, mostly stitching and puttering. I
love a good putter-- when you get all sorts of things done, but no one else
c...
Review - Revenge Served Royal
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I love this description of the book: "Bridgerton meets The Great British
Baking Show. Lots of plot twists, and lots of fun." ―Kirkus Reviews
I began with...
A Really Good Villain
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I (Donis) was told once that the construction of a mystery begins with a
villain. I think it isn’t that simple. A mystery isn’t necessarily about
heroes a...
Kevin’s Corner Annex – Crimeucopia
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No, this isn’t the same Crimeucopia short story anthology that Kevin Tipple
reviewed before. This one is called Crimeucopia: The Not So Frail Detective
Age...
2026 Big Game’s On Read-a-thon: Half-Time Report!
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Half-time is here! It’s is time to reminisce on what you’ve read so far
today. How has your reading gone so far? What snacks have you partaken
in? I fi...
Weekly Mews: January Wrap Up & February's Maybes
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I am linking up to the *Sunday Post* hosted by Kim of Caffeinated Book
Reviewer and *The Sunday Salon* (TSS) hosted by Deb Nance of Readerbuzz where
part...
The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard
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Jim Kjelgaard was a prolific author of over forty novels for children and
young adults, mostly animal stories. His most famous and best-selling book
was Bi...
Cover Story picks up a Mole
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In a previous post, I mentioned that my new novel Cover Story had been
picked by spy fiction superfan and journalist Tim Shipman as one of his top
reads of...
The More Things Change
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Back in July of 2009, Do Some Damage launched with seven authors on
Blogspot.com.
Now, sixteen years later, the site is moving to a Substack newsletter.
...
TGIF!
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Cyber security protocols
Well, this is about the 7th try for a GarbAugust 3.5 read for this weekend.
TOMB OF THE QUEEN by Joss Walker (pseudonym for J.T...
Reading fog
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Well I am getting there with the new hip. Walking so much easier. I am
doing circuits of our communal gardens using crutches but indoors I am
managing with...
Media Murder for Monday
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It's the start of a new week and that means it's time for a brand-new
roundup of crime drama news: THE BIG SCREEN/MOVIES Roundtable Entertainment
has green...
Book Notices | The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid
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Yishai Sarid, The Memory Monster Amazon This short book is written in the
first person and purports to be a letter written by the unnamed narrator to
his b...
Thinking about Second Half of 2023
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Hello friends. It has been a long while. Longer than I realized actually.
I'm here and reading away, as many books on the go as usual. (Which for me
can be...
Small Mercies - The Return of Dennis Lehane
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A time honored tradition at The Hungry Detective HQ is to perform the
twice annual, and largely ceremonial, 'Dennis Lehane New book 20XX" Google
search. N...
The Last Hurrah
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‘Relax will you. It’s just an abandoned warehouse.’
‘Well, it’s giving me the creeps.’
‘We’ll just glance it over and skedaddle. Tomorrow you’ll be a fre...
The Agatha Awards
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From somewhere in Cyberspace, the winners of this year's Agatha Awards for
mystery writing were announced this evening at a virtual convention of
mystery w...
Rural Crime: The politician speaks
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*Criminal Minds at Work *is honoured to have Doug Schweitzer, Alberta’s
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, as a guest today.
In the following op-...
WRITING COURSES FOR 2019
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*I'm very aware how lucky I am to make a living from writing books (my
dream from being 12 years old).*
*But one disadvantage I had when I was trying to ge...
Oh hey! I moved to Wordpress!
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I'm still in the process of migrating my old content to Wordpress, but all
new posts will come from estellasrevenge.net (which was formerly forwarded
to th...
Two Mini-Reviews
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I’m well behind on my Scandi crime reading, and even further behind on
reading. Maybe I’m suffering from a bit of a reading slump; a lot of books
just have...
Book Review: Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
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In Mudboud (2008), Hillary Jordan’s narrative voice is easily engaging
about a white and black family living in the Mississippi Delta during the
Jim Crow e...
The Nebulous Genre
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A friend of mine to whom I complained of the relative paucity of comments
on this blog told me it might have to do with so many of my posts dealing
with "b...
Upcoming Events
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Lit Crawl Belfast:
As part of the Belfast Book Festival, come to No Alibis see me and Rosemary
Jenkinson read from works by our favourite crime authors,...
Twice Honored
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*Edith here, still riding on a joy cloud!*
Why am I riding on a joy cloud? I learned last week that *Called to Justice*,
my second Quaker Midwife Mystery...
Hail and Farewell
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Jeff Cohen So that was it. We hope you liked it. This is the 3464th post on
HEY THERE'S A DEAD GUY IN THE LIVING ROOM, and unless someone else
parachutes i...
Stylistic
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What’s your favorite style of book? Serious? Playful? Humorous? Thoughtful?
Action-packed? Moody? Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response
(so ...
Celebrating Pat Conroy
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Happy Birthday to the wonderful Pat Conroy. We miss you.
I'm celebrating him today because he celebrated so many young writers like
me.
The Soullessness of Our New Machines
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My fellow-blogger at Inside Higher Ed and an insatiable consumer of books,
Joshua Kim, reviewed Tracy Kidder’s new book, A Truck Full of Money, and
I’m gla...
Coming to Mcintyre's • Fearrington Village
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Straight from the pen of Mcintyre's book buyer and mystery guru Pete
Mock. Don't miss these events--and say howdy to me!
Wednesday, June 22, 6:30
Brian P...
Discover
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Image courtesy of Faber-Castell Design A few years ago I noticed some of my
favorite quilting blogs were choosing a word for the year. I like that
idea. It...
2 comments:
Kerrie - Thanks! This is really funny!! : ).
I know how he feels :)
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