DBT0276: Matt Goldman – Gone to Dust

DBT0276: Matt Goldman – Gone to Dust

Matt Goldman‘s Gone to Dust is a very engaging and fascinating mystery, the first in a new series. Matt is a TV writer also, currently writing for Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Interestingly, he has worked twice with Julia Louis Dreyfuss; he was a writer on both Seinfeld and The New Adventures of Old Christine….

DBT0275: Linda Fairstein – Deadfall (An Alexandra Cooper Novel)

DBT0275: Linda Fairstein – Deadfall (An Alexandra Cooper Novel)

Deadfall is Book 19 of the Alex Cooper series. Linda Fairstein’s books are always fun to read. She always throws in final “Jeopardy” questions, which are real questions and answers. I’m not sure if they are straight from the show with Alex Trebek, but they are nevertheless factual, and add much to the story. Mike,…

DBT0274: Joan Hess – The Painted Queen

DBT0274: Joan Hess – The Painted Queen

Joan Hess is a legend in the mystery field, the author of the Maggody series and the Arly Hanks series. This is one fascinating woman, and it took her five years to complete this end to the Amelia Peabody series. This book was planned out and partially written by the original author, Elizabeth Peters, but…

DBT0273: Andrew Wilson – A Talent For Murder

DBT0273: Andrew Wilson – A Talent For Murder

A TALENT FOR MURDER- ANDREW WILSON- What a fun book to read. this is a fictionalized account of this authors view of what happened to Agatha Christie when she disappeared for 10 days back in 1926. Andrew Wilson has written biographies of Patricia Highsmith, and the titanic survivors, and two other biographies. He so fully…

DBT0271: Matthew Sullivan – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

DBT0271: Matthew Sullivan – Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore

One of the most personable authors I have ever interviewed, Matthew Sullivan worked at TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE and BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH before becoming a novelist. This is his first book, and it is a whale of a book! A very interesting plot. A dead body is discovered hanging on the top floor of the bookstore! You…