
Two Little Girls
One Heart-Wrenching Choice Choose which one dies—a horrific nightmare for any mother of more than one child. In Two Little Girls, the...
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The Distant Dead
I discovered bestselling author Lesley Thomson’s remarkable Detective’s Daughter series a few years ago by chance. I should have also...
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The Windsor Knot
As celebrations marking Queen Elizabeth’s platinum anniversary as monarch begin, it’s the perfect time to discover S.J. Bennett’s new...
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Hattie Rose Has Earned Her Wings
Preparing for our first Christmas together 30 years ago, I asked my husband what kind of topper he’d like for our tree. His response told...
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Salute to My Neighborhood Heros - Dallas Fire Station 17
I was delighted when asked to write a small profile of Lakewood's neighborhood fire station. In part, of course, because it's my...
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First Impressions
After A Gloomy 2020, Refreshing Our Home’s Entry Is A Step In The Right Direction To Welcome Back Guests Our neighborhood, considered the...
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Riptide Galveston
Celebrating My Love Affair With Galveston Island . . . The United States Coast Guard Station With Guardsman Joseph Ayotte, CS1 While in...
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Riptide Galveston
Celebrating My Love Affair With Galveston Island. . . Waterman's Restaurant - Dinner, Cocktails And A Killer View Waterman's Restaurant...
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Riptide Galveston
Celebrating My Love Affair With Galveston Island . . . Christmas on The Strand - Where It's Always Christmas I began collecting Christmas...
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Riptide Galveston
Celebrating My Love Affair With Galveston Island . . . Star Drug Store – The First Drug Store in Texas A brass plaque marks the height of...
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Riptide Galveston
Celebrating My Love Affair With Galveston Island . . . The Stewart’s Mansion - Home to Pirates and Philanthropists - With Shirley Roane,...
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Summer Chills
As summer temperatures heat up, it’s the perfect time to kick back with chilling mysteries from some of crime fiction’s best: Julia...
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The Missing Piece...
The time we spent homebound with our families during the pandemic gave us an unexpected puzzle to solve: a newfound love of jigsaws. And...
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Where Does the Time Go?
We look at our grandchildren and ask, “Where does the time go?” I think I may have found it. Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy...
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Of Mutts and Men by Spencer Quinn
Since the Chet and Bernie mysteries are told in Chet’s point of view, my mom’s letting me, Miss Lizzie, take over the keyboard for this...
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The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
There’s something unusual about Vira. The young golden retriever, rescued from a near-death experience, isn’t your average lucky dog. The...
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When Should Outdoor Decorations Come Down?
Every neighborhood has one of those, the neighbor who leaves their outdoor Christmas holiday decorations up until after Valentine’s...
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Q&A: Roberta Isleib/Lucy Burdette
Have months of isolation and the prospect of hibernation season left you longing for a winter escape that includes suntan lotion, frosty...
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Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt
All semi-retired defense attorney Andy Carpenter wants is the holiday family cruise he’s on to be over–that and to stay retired. While he...
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Q&A: Lisa Black
Any mystery fan has to love an author who announces, “Murder is my day job.” In the case of New York Times bestselling author Lisa Black,...
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Q&A: Jenny Milchman
The Second Mother is the newest offering from Jenny Milchman, USA Today bestselling author of psychological thrillers. With her first...
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Q&A: Rhys Bowen
When newlywed Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself at loose ends, that can only mean trouble for the star of author Rhys Bowen’s Royal...
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Q&A: Craig Johnson
There’s great nostalgia associated with the lawmen of the Old West. Today, whether they’re riding into town on horseback or, say,...
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Firewatching by Russ Thomas
Firewatching had three things to recommend it before I’d reached page one. First: it’s a murder mystery set in a bucolic English village,...
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Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
Being a career journalist, I’m usually leery of novels about reporters. I’ve picked up too many written by someone who’s never been on...
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Q&A: S.C. Perkins
When the 900-page family saga, Roots, was published in 1976 by Alex Haley, a nationwide fascination with discovering one’s ancestors...
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Muzzled By David Rosenfelt
I hit the jackpot when I picked up David Rosenfelt’s new book Muzzled. The fast-paced page turner has all the ingredients for a perfect...
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Q&A: Karen Dionne
We think of nature as beautiful, life affirming, and inspiring. However, Karen Dionne, author of the No. 1 international bestseller, The...
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Q&A: Peter James
When the Charterhouse school poetry prize was won in 1967 by teenager named Peter James, the real winner was the reading public. Today,...
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Author Q&A: Liv Constantine
One of the scariest lines ever seen on a book jacket comes courtesy of Liv Constantine’s The Wife Stalker: It says, “All She Wants is the...
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The Librarian Did It
Librarians have a lot to answer for. It’s because of them I embarked on a life of crime. Growing up in a tiny, rural South Texas farming...
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Q&A: Steven James
How does a former children’s entertainer and professional storyteller become a bestselling author of adult suspense? Being a “natural...
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Summer Staycation Reads
Great stories from Catriona McPherson, Charles Finch, Jess Montgomery and Anne Perry Although we’re all trying to stay at home as much as...
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Q&A: Allison Brennan
A chat with thriller author Allison Brennan obliterates writers’ excuses about not having time to exercise their craft. The New York...
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Life’s a Shell Game
We live in a world that strives for perfection. The fashion, business and technology, cosmetics, lifestyles and, of course, sports...
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The Gift of Kindness
We spend our lives accumulating. This collecting is an essential part of our memory-building process. There are items from school...
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Tell Me No Lies
As soon as I finished Ask Me No Questions by New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble, I was left begging for more of her sassy...
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Q&A: Helen Fields
If you love to read scary serial killer characters and terrific detective fiction, Helen Fields’ chilling Perfect series is reason to...
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The Bucket Woman
I’m a huge fan of the 1990s British sitcom “Keeping Up Appearances,” starring Patricia Routledge as consummate social climber Hyacinth...
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Q&A: Lesley Thomson
Fans of Lesley Thomson’s The Detective’s Daughter series have another reason to celebrate. Thomson’s new novel, Death of a Mermaid, her...
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Q&A: Taking the Mystery Out of Writing
Number one New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth George is sharing with readers her insight into novel crafting in Mastering the...
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Q&A: Characters Matter
Deborah Crombie’s New York Times bestselling series featuring Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James continues to delight. Her...
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Tale of the Catchy Phrase
April is a lovely and distinctive month in the Dallas. Lawns are shedding their winter doldrums and treating everyone to the beauty of...
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Many Rivers to Cross
A young boy is found dead, his body discarded in a large rolling trash can behind an elderly widow’s home in a housing estate. With no...
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The Good Old Days
When exactly were The Good Old Days? To hear some tell it, in The Good Old Days everyone always told the truth, paid their debts, used...
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Those Texas Baby Blues
When the bluebonnets carpet Texas roadsides and fields each spring, every parent or grandparent with a cell phone is on the lookout for...
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Homeownership–A Love Story
It’s February, and naturally our thoughts turn to love. Like all good love stories, the ones that grow with time are the best. In 1965,...
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Why We Make, and Fail, Our New Year’s Resolutions
Every New Year’s, we embrace all the possibilities the next 12 months place before us by making resolutions. We promise ourselves we’ll...
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Q&A: Mystery’s Busiest Duo
The mother-son team, known as Charles Todd, pen two bestselling series–one featuring Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard, and the...
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New Generation of Sleuths
With 56 novels in her popular Thomas Pitt and William Monk series alone, prolific author Anne Perry’s got nothing to prove, but still has...
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