That's cute. I review many mysteries and started my blog as only mysteries. Now I include memoirs and literary fiction but my first love is a good mystery.
ANTHONY AWARD NOMINATIONS: BOUCHERCON 2026
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Congratulations to the *Anthony Award nominees! *
*Voting will take place at Bouchercon in Calgary. Winners will be announced
on October 24, 2026.*
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A Day for Honoring Mothers is Upon Us.
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Jeff—Saturday
I can’t wait to get back to Greece. There, at least, the relentless
onslaught of agenda-laden, ratings-driven media political analysts,...
Review: THE REDLINE, Adrian Hyland
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This edition an e-book made available through my local library on
BorrowBox
- ISBN: 9781761153556
- Published 25 / 11 / 2025
- Pag...
Forgotten Book: Postscript to Penelope
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Susan Gilruth's *Death in Ambush* was a highly successful British Library
Crime Classic reprint last year. I enjoyed the book a great deal, and so,
it is...
Happy Birthday, Anthony Trollope
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I was just informed by The Trollope Society USA that today, April 24, is
the anniversary of the birthday of one of my most beloved authors, Anthony
Trollop...
Review - Cat On A Hot Tin Woof
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"Spencer Quinn is the pen name of Peter Abrahams, the Edgar-award winning
author of many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling ...
New Releases - January 2026
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I am getting more up to date - here is what I've got on my database for *January
2026*. I am currently working on February 2026.
Please note that, unless...
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 - May 9th-11th
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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 ...
The Zaffre Crime & Thriller Showcase 2026
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Mike Stotter and I were looking forward to seeing what Bonnier Books Crime
and Thriller Imprint ‘Zaffre’ had in store for 2006/7 – as well as catching ...
The Silent House of Sleep by Allan Gaw
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Allan Gaw’s novel, The Silent House of Sleep, won the 2024 Bloody Scotland
Debut Prize, and deservedly so. The historical mystery introduces Dr. Jack
Cuthb...
A Day for Honoring Mothers is Upon Us.
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Jeff—Saturday
I can’t wait to get back to Greece. There, at least, the relentless
onslaught of agenda-laden, ratings-driven media political analysts,...
Dialogue do's and don't's by Poppy Gee
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*Do you have any tips for making dialogue more realistic? And for making it
pop?*
I'm not sure dialogue-writing can be taught. I think writers have an ea...
Revue of Reviewers: 5-7-26
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*Critiquing some of the most interesting recent crime, mystery, and
thriller releases. Click on the individual covers to read more.*
A Pinwheels and Smiles Weekly Link Round-Up
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It's time to share a little secret with you: I love pinwheels. I've loved
pinwheels since I was five years old. When I was five, I had the ring
finger ...
Spell the Month in Books May 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 ...
Malice Domestic 38
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By Catherine Dilts Malice Domestic is a fan-focused fiction conference
appealing to cozy, amateur sleuth, and traditional mystery readers. The
perfect fit ...
The Unicorn and the Lake by Mariana Mayer
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The Unicorn and the Lake by Mariana Mayer. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Dial books, 1982. This picture book begins with an introduction about
unicorns and...
Happy Birthday, Anthony Trollope
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I was just informed by The Trollope Society USA that today, April 24, is
the anniversary of the birthday of one of my most beloved authors, Anthony
Trollop...
Review - Cat On A Hot Tin Woof
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"Spencer Quinn is the pen name of Peter Abrahams, the Edgar-award winning
author of many novels, including the New York Times and USA Today
bestselling ...
Moving time….
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I’ve been reviewing books since the early 2000s, and like most things on
the internet, the platforms have changed along the way. I started on
Blogspot, m...
Coming up: Santa Barbara Literary Festival
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I’m going to be at the inaugural Santa Barbara Literary Festival the first
weekend in May, and I am stoked. Hometown! Writing! Workshop! Panel! So
many thi...
It’s Good to Talk: Why Dialogue is Fundamental
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The reasons why humans developed complex speech are still contested, but as
a writer it doesn’t really matter if it’s due to a uniquely shaped hyoid
bone,...
Real Vikings don’t eat quiche
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New podcast launches This week sees the launch of an epic new podcast
series, Real Vikings, from the Noiser Network. Yes, I know the word epic is
overused....
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 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...
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That's cute. I review many mysteries and started my blog as only mysteries. Now I include memoirs and literary fiction but my first love is a good mystery.
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