My Current Interest

And the series goes on…                 This time, witch Lily Ivory is asked by the police to help with an investigation.   A dead body has been found in an apartment filled with all sorts of superstitions.   Knowing Lily’s talents, Inspector Carlos Romero wants her thoughts on the situation, but nothing much further than that.   Lily, on the other hand, ends up with other ideas.                 When Lily’s friend Bronwyn starts to become distant, Lily finds it very strange.   New to having friends, and not sure what to do, Lily goes to Bronwyn’s apartment to find out what is the matter.   What she discovers is that Bronwyn’s son-in-law is in trouble, and that trouble may have to do with the body that was found.                 Wanting to help her friend, Lily gets further into the investigation.   The problem is, everyone, including eventually Bronwyn, tells her to stay out.   Even her mentor, Aidan Rhodes, tells her to stay away.   Aidan is so concerned about Lily’s involv

Image provided by Sourcebooks.                  I stayed up far too late reading this book.   Found on the Bas Bleu website, at one point I reached a lull in the story where all I wanted was for something to finally happen.   Then all of a sudden, the story changed and all I wanted was to see what was going to happen next.                 Kate Warne is a widow looking to become the very first female agent of the Pinkerton Agency.   Answering a newspaper ad, Kate is not at all what Allan Pinkerton was expecting to walk through his door.   His instinct is to turn Kate away, but Kate won’t have that.   Instead, she convinces Pinkerton to give her a chance.   She takes on a case to prove she can get results.   That she does, and Pinkerton is impressed, despite another agent, Tim Bellamy, trying to claim the success.                 After Bellamy’s attempt to claim the success of her case, it is not a surprise that the two do not exactly get along once Kate is an agent.   His i

             When I first watched season four of The Doctor Blake Mysteries , I really didn’t think I would be writing about it.   The storylines felt rushed and scattered.   One of the main characters was missing for half the season.   Other characters left and ones I’m not so sure about came in.   The overdone ploy of a spouse long-thought to be dead turning up alive was used.   Plus, once again, two people who should be together ended up separated.   All in all, I was not happy with season four.                       With all that said, you are probably wondering why I am writing about season four of The Doctor Blake Mysteries .   That credit needs to go to my local PBS stations.   For awhile PBS had two different seasons of The Doctor Blake Mysteries airing on two different stations on two different nights.   One night I would watch the repeats of season three, and on the next night I would watch season four.   Once the season three episodes finished, PBS immediately star

               Usually I suck up every word of the Meg Langslow Mystery books pretty much the moment I get them.   With Gone Gull I had a bit of a hard time getting into the story.   I blame that on tennis , though.   Because the moment I put it on mute, I did not want to put this book down.                       Blacksmith Meg Langslow is helping her grandmother, Cordelia, run an arts and crafts center she has just opened.   Teaching one of the classes herself, Meg has convinced other artists she knows to become teachers as well.   Members of her extensive family are also on site, helping out in various capacities, as they always do.                 Despite the close connection of many of those working at the center, it quickly becomes apparent that someone is out to do the center harm.   A vandal has been wreaking havoc, and no matter what precautions are taken, he or she always manages to strike again.   There are theories as to who could be causing the problems.   The mo