Mystery

pen4hire on January 6th, 2012

CONTEST OVER (One reader today through Sunday night will win BOTH this audio book and another one. See end of post.) Destination: Michigan, near Traverse City  Audio Book: Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Put the mystery writer Janet Evanovich together with romance writer Dorien Kelly and this is what you [...]

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pen4hire on September 28th, 2011

We saw this oddity at the Paris Mint–La Monnaie de Paris, which is located on Quai de Conti, at the corner of Guénégaud, the street where our apartment was located when we traveled to Paris last September. These iron bars are on the Guénégaud side of the building. Here’s another shot: Any architectural scholars out there [...]

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pen4hire on September 21st, 2011

Destination: Portugal Book: A Small Death in Lisbon by Robert Wilson The intense drama of A Small Death in Lisbon zigzags between the 1940′s and 1990′s and between a Nazi thriller and a police procedural, but the focus is always Portugal, and mostly Lisbon.  

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pen4hire on August 6th, 2010

  Destination: Southern Arizona Book: White Heat by Brenda Novak (NEW August 2010) What fun to read a novel set in a place I am very familiar with., the first in a triology of romance mysteries by the prolific Brenda Novak, takes place in the far southeastern corner of Arizona.  The towns of Portal and [...]

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pen4hire on July 14th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: New Orleans, Louisiana (1817) Books: A Free Man of Color by Barbara Hambly (1997) New Orleans Noir, edited by Julie Smith (2007) People of color could be classified in a dozen ways like mulatto, griffe, octoroon, musterfino and more. But whites were classified, also. Besides the Spanish, there were [...]

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pen4hire on June 2nd, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: North Carolina (The Sand Hills) Book: The Last Child by John Hart (2009) Winner of this year’s Edgar Awards for best Mystery Novel

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pen4hire on May 5th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Virginia Books: Sister Jane’s Foxhunting Books by Rita Mae Brown and Mrs. Murphy Mysteries by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown ( a cat) Guest Post by Paula K. Price

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pen4hire on August 14th, 2009

Were you looking for a Free Day at the Parks? Afraid you will have to wait until next year. But, meanwhile, on September 26 many museums across the U.S. have a free day. See details at the Smithsonian site. Meanwhile, hope you’ll wander through the library and find other things of interest. Come back soon. [...]

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pen4hire on May 14th, 2009

  Destination: Florence Book: The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston Today I continue the tour of Italy with an unusual book for travelers.  By the way, I have purchased my tickets for Angels and Demons through Fandango, and am looking forward to Friday morning.  I’ll talk about Rome here Friday and the move itself [...]

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