Dare to Be Different

  Many of us think of the new year as a time to reinvent ourselves, a chance to blossom forth and make our own, unique […]

Busted / Burst

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: BUSTED / BURST The […]

Tea Cozy All Through the Night

All Through the Night, by Mary Higgins Clark:   Retired cleaning woman and lottery winner Alvirah Meehan is on the snoop again in New York City […]

Tea Cozy Nutty as a Fruitcake

Nutty As a Fruitcake, by Mary Daheim:   ’Tis the season for murder when elderly, cantankerous Enid Goodrich is found hacked to death in her […]

Mystery Night and Day

Night and Day, by Robert B. Parker:   Obsession. It’s a killer. But voyeur Night Hawk can’t help himself as he escalates from Peeping Tom […]

Perimeter / Parameter

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse writers. I have found the following to be among them: PERIMETER / PARAMETER While […]

Spy Novel The Mission Song

The Mission Song, by John Le Carré:   Call me Salvo. Born of an Irish father and Congolese mother, my heart belongs to Britain but […]