Tag: books
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Having a Heatwave: Summer Crime Fiction
It’s too darn hot, as per Cole Porter. The west coast is sweltering, and by 7AM this morning it was already 18 degrees, on its rapid way to 31, the air still and humid. The cat’s thrilled, stalking the scorched front yard grass (under close supervision) as she warms her aged bones; her human companions…
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Murder at University Park by Cheryl Miller Dellasega
Murder at University Park is the first mystery novel by American writer (and emerita professor at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine) Cheryl Miller Dellasega. Due out in August, it’s an engaging look at killer campus politics that bogs down occasionally under the weight of the narrator’s domestic and professional ordeals. Many thanks to…
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Shari Lapena’s Getting Away with Murder
Shari Lapena’s tenth domestic thriller is due out in late July. My thanks to NetGalley and the book’s publisher for the ARC. A decade ago, Lapena published her first crime novel after having written two previous literary novels, Things Go Flying and Happiness Economics. The Couple Next Door was a massive success, and it’s a…
