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  • My 2024 Top Canadian Mystery Reads and 2025 TBR Pile

    A range of new and older works, given the scope of this project. This blog post will be a work in progress, so this is a start, and a placeholder. I read dozens of mysteries last year. And many of them were purchased with a grant from Sisters in Crime back in 2023–thank you, thank…

  • Christmas Mysteries: New and Old

    I have a fondness for publishers’ efforts to package a motley collection of mostly non-holiday themed stories under a a Christmas-y title, with perhaps 1-2 actual Yuletide tales. It’s a good way to put together what is effectively a miscellany of shorter works by authors who usually write novels. Since short stories can be ephemeral,…

  • Worst New Year’s Eve Party Ever: Louise Penny’s The Madness of Crowds

    I have never liked New Year’s Eve parties, but 29 years ago I went to a friend’s party, under protest–literally dropped off at the door by another friend, with whom I’d had dinner, and ordered to stay for at least half an hour. And I met somebody quite lovely, and talked about Jane Austen for…