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Two Twisted Crowns
Two Twisted Crowns
by Rachel Gillig
A wonderful second book in the Shepherd King duology. Curses, unholy bargains, bravery and romance make for a compelling tale.
Christmas Presents
Christmas Presents
by Lisa Unger
A well known true crime podcaster comes to town looking into a ten year old murder. Bookstore owner Madeline Martin survived a night of horror, and has been getting Christmas gifts yearly from an anonymous person she’s sure is the killer...
A Darkness Absolute
A Darkness Absolute
by Kelley Armstrong
Book two in the Rockton series brings a blizzard, two bodies in a cave, and a woman trapped in a hole in the caves who says she’s been held captive for a year. She can’t identify her kidnapper, and the town is gripped by fear that the pe...
One Dark Window
One Dark Window
by Rachel Gillig
An ancient king made a deal with a wood spirit to create cards that would give magical powers to their wielders. He was betrayed though, and now lurks in the mind of a girl, keeping her safe till he can get his revenge. Lyrical and fairy...
City of the Lost
City of the Lost
by Kelley Armstrong
Intense novel about a town in the Yukon where people can go to hide from their problems or crimes. Casey is allowed to come to town because she’s a detective, and the body count of citizens dying is growing. First in the Rockton series.

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Book/Author/Review Blogs

  • Worlds Without End Blog
    2026 Prometheus Award Winner - The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced the winner of the 2026 Prometheus Award, honoring pro-freedom works published in 2025. The winner is: A Ki...
    4 hours ago
  • The Rap Sheet
    Fab Four - *• Julie Hennrikus, the executive director* of Sisters in Crime, has been chosen to receive the 2026 David Thompson Special Service Award. This prize, named...
    6 hours ago
  • SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL
    Back to the Future with Jack Jewers - There are some novels that go beyond *a purely reading* *activity*, these rare books immerse the reader so they become an experience. Books that fully en...
    7 hours ago
  • The Unseen Library
    WWW Wednesday – 12 August 2026 - WWW Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Taking on a World of Words, where bloggers share the books that they’ve recently finished, what they are currently...
    10 hours ago
  • ahsweetmysteryblog
    THE PERRY MASON/ALFRED HITCHCOCK CONNECTION, PT. 2: The Biddies - I’m a big fan of screen biddies, those wonderful older women who always steal the scene from the big stars with their sarcastic eye-rolling and witty shena...
    1 day ago
  • The Intrepid Reader and Baker
    Weekend Cooking: Truffled Chicken with Champagne Sauce (Valli Little) - *Last week *I talked about three cook books I had out of the library. One of those was Delicious: Love to Eat: Around the World in 120 Simply Delicious ...
    1 day ago
  • Criminal Element
    Book Review: The Beginning of Everything by Charles Salzberg - Charles Salzberg is a man of words. As an acclaimed novelist, journalist, and writing instructor, he has been selling, and shaping, stories for decades. Hi...
    1 day ago
  • 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?'
    Forgotten Book - The Case of Robert Quarry - I have quite a vivid memory of being on holiday with my parents in Colwyn Bay in the mid-70s when my Dad ran out of books to read. So he bought a paperb...
    1 day ago
  • Literary Hub
    The Rumpus is launching a Spanish-language magazine. - The Rumpus—that most enduring of indie online lit mags—is launching a new editorial initiative. El Arboroto is a new vertical catering to Spanish-language ...
    1 day ago
  • J.A. Jance Blog
    An Origin Story - This week one of my RRs (Re-Readers) wrote to me saying how much she enjoyed the AI character, Frigg, in my Ali Reynolds books. As I began to reply, it ...
    1 day ago
  • Crime Fiction Lover
    On the Radar – He’s called Linwood ‘Twisty Thriller’ Barclay - [image: Not a Word by Linwood Barclay front cover US edition] Apparently the Canadian crime fiction author Linwood Barclay has been given the enviable nick...
    1 day ago
  • Bitter Tea and Mystery
    Spin #45 for the Classics Club, August 2026 - The latest *Classics Club Spin* has been announced. To join in, I choose twenty unread books from my classics list and list them in a post before Sun...
    1 day ago
  • Bloggin' 'bout Books
    All Aboard for a Fun New Cozy Mystery Series! - (Image from Amazon) When Boston librarian Iris Quinn turns 50, the reality of her safe, staid life suddenly becomes unbearable. She's never done anythi...
    2 days ago
  • CrimeReads
    I’m Not Here to Hunt Rabbits: Excerpt and Cover Reveal - He knew three things. Stories should never begin on airplanes. He would never go back. And he wouldn’t lower the tray table for the rest of the flight to A...
    2 days ago
  • Escape Reality, Read Fiction!
    #BookReview: The Wizard Who Kept Himself Suspicious by Scott Lynch - My Review: Every time I looked at the title of this entry in the Magic & Mystery collection it gave me a bit of a pause. It felt like there was a piece mis...
    2 days ago
  • Jungle Red Writers
    You Say Tomato, I Say Yes! - HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN: Do any of you grow tomatoes? Should the tomatoes be ready now? We planted them, just as we usually do, not as many as in previous year...
    2 days ago
  • The Word Wenches
    Hearst Castle - I cannot even begin to explain where I get my ideas. Bits and pieces that I’ve read or seen or watched start piling up in my head, then move around and res...
    3 days ago
  • The Wertzone
    Snuff by Terry Pratchett - Commander Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch has faced down some of the greatest perils anyone can think of: dragons, guns, magic, time travel and...
    3 days ago
  • fullybooked2017
    THE HONORABLE MEMBER FOR MURDER . . . Between the covers - Maxwell Murray is personal assistant to Eliot Oakcroft MP, a handsome but utterly vacuous man with political ambitions that are routinely ignored each time...
    3 days ago
  • In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel
    World’s Greatest Sleuth! (2011) by Steve Hockensmith – a re-read - Things are finally looking up for the Amlingmeyer brothers. Otto aka Big Red has become a published author, having written up the cases solved by his broth...
    3 days ago
  • Crime Fiction Review
    One Good Eye by Kevin Wade - Minotaur Published August 11, 2026 Reviewed by Julie Campbell Fast becoming one of my favorite series, Jeep Mullane is a police chief on Long Island, livin...
    3 days ago
  • Aunt Agatha's
    William Kent Krueger: God’s Country - Cork O’Connor #22 There are many different kinds of mysteries, and the really good writers know how to write a few of them – why, even Dame Agatha cranked ...
    4 days ago
  • THE BIG THRILL
    The Crying Killer - The Crying Killer by Jess Lourey (Thomas & Mercer, Aug. 18) is a mind-bending, true crime-inspired thriller with twists so good, you’re going to want to ge...
    4 days ago
  • The Place For Historical Fiction Lovers!
    Meet Charlotte from Christine Hill Suntz’s The Heiress and the Woodsman - It’s lovely to meet you, Charlotte. Where are you from?I live just outside Toronto on a beautiful estate called Edenbrook. My father built our home for mym...
    4 days ago
  • Beneath the Stains of Time
    Cardula and the Locked Rooms (2026) by Jack Ritchie - Back in 2024, I posted "Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories," a series of reviews of randoml...
    4 days ago
  • That Artsy Reader Girl
    Books I Was Reading On This Day Over the Last Ten Years - Welcome to another TTT! This week’s topic was stolen from Anne @ HeadFullofBooks! I thought it sounded like a lot of fun because I know my reading tastes h...
    4 days ago
  • MY READER'S BLOCK
    Dandy Gilver & an Unsuitable Day for Murder - *Dandy Gilver & an Unsuitable Day for Murder* (2010) by Catriona McPherson Synopsis from *Publisher's Weekly*: *When Mirren Aitken, a department store ...
    5 days ago
  • The Bunburyist
    Poe: The ballet. - The Illinois-based Ballet 5:8 has scheduled a national tour of its ballet, "The Curious Life of *Edgar Allan Poe,*" which, as the company describes, "tra...
    5 days ago
  • Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks
    BW32: Unrelatable, Unlikable, Unreliable Characters, and/or Unnamed - Happy Sunday! I've read many books with unrelatable, unlikable, or unreliable characters as well as narrators that were unnamed. They are books I lo...
    6 days ago
  • Reading the Past
    Ghosts of the Old and New West in Téa Obreht's novel Sunrise - Obreht’s electrifying novel opens in summer 2024, in the aftermath of a plane crash. Nina, a New York-based grad student and nanny, was on vacation with he...
    1 week ago
  • Deadly Pleasures
    New Issue of DP Due in Mid-August - As I’ve mentioned in some previous communications, Issue #112 will be about a week late this time because I wasn’t paying attention when my wife booked a v...
    2 weeks ago
  • Type M for Murder
    Searching For a Home For a Short Story - by Sybil Johnson I mentioned in my last post that I was putting the finishing touches on a short story. It’s done now. The husband has read it. He said he...
    2 weeks ago
  • Euro Crime
    The Petrona Award 2026 - update - Hello and thank you for sticking around - I have some Petrona Award 2026 updates: The details of the titles entered for the Petrona Award 2026 will be r...
    3 weeks ago
  • The Cozy Owlet
    A Little Bit of Everything: A Summer Reading Roundup - The last few months have been a bit of whirlwind – between travel and summer events and celebrations, I haven’t really had a moment to relax and reflect....
    4 weeks ago
  • candace robb
    Creativity, Inspiration, and Quiet - Sunday evening I offered a writing workshop at the wonderful Edmonds Bookshop with two fellow writers, Catherine Broadwall and Alice Boatwright, our theme,...
    2 months ago
  • The 52 Book Club
    February 2026 Mini-Challenge - February 2026 Mini-Challenge *This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no expense to you.* This or t...
    6 months ago
  • Strand Mag
    “Reading at Night” Nominated for an Edgar Award - “Reading at Night,” by Graham Greene, first published in The Strand Magazine, has been nominated for an Edgar Awards for Best Short Story. Greene is wide...
    6 months ago
  • Reading Matters
    Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson - "*James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of on...
    9 months ago
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Mystery On The Web

Mystery On The Web
News, Reviews, Recommendations

Mystery On The Web

  • Agatha Christie
  • Aunt Agatha's
  • Crime Fiction Lover
  • Criminal Element
  • Murder & Mayhem
  • Mystery Sequels
  • Mystery Tribune
  • Novel Suspects
  • Stop You're Killing Me
  • The Poisoned Pen

Reader's Resources

Reader's Resources

Reader's Resources

  • Academy of American Poets
  • Alice In Wonderland.Net
  • British Crime Readers' Association
  • British Crime Writers Association
  • David Pringle's 100 Best Science Fiction 1949-1984
  • Historical Novel Society
  • HRF Keating's 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books
  • https://www.agathachristie.com/
  • Independent Mystery Booksellers Association 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century
  • Library of Congress
  • Modern Library 100 Best Novels
  • Mystery Writers of America
  • New York Public Library
  • NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Old Book Illustrations
  • PBS The Great American Read
  • Poetry Foundation
  • Project Bartleby
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
  • Sisters In Crime

Cooking and Baking Blogs

Cooking and Baking Blogs
What's Cooking?

Cooking and Baking Blogs

  • Taste of Home
    Zucchini Mac and Cheese - Loaded with three kinds of cheese and topped with buttery cracker crumbs, this stovetop zucchini mac and cheese is pure summer comfort.
    14 hours ago
  • The English Kitchen
    Best Mixed Berry Crumble Recipe (Fresh or Frozen Berries) - [image: Late Summer Mixed Berry Crumble] If you’re looking for a simple, comforting dessert that celebrates the very best of late‑summer fruit, this...
    21 hours ago
  • Two Peas & Their Pod
    Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers - Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers, a Simple Summer Side Dish If you need an easy side dish to add to your summer menu, these Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers are it! Th...
    1 day ago
  • Brown Eyed Baker
    Friday Things #592 - Friday Things #592 1. Thank you all for the outpouring of love and support last week as we got encouraging news about Dominic, but also were brokenhearted...
    1 day ago
  • Spicy Southern Kitchen
    Sweet Potato Zucchini Muffins - These Sweet Potato Zucchini Muffins are incredibly moist, warmly spiced, and studded with chocolate chips for the perfect balance of… The post Sweet Pota...
    2 days ago
  • smitten kitchen
    cucumber salad with sesame and rice vinegar - It is an error that needs correcting that in the near-20 years of plugging recipes into this url, only a few truly star cucumbers — and highly unrepresen...
    3 days ago
  • Spend With Pennies
    Mix Up This 3-Minute Pantry Staple Spice Blend - [image: bowl of Cajun Seasoning]This homemade Cajun seasoning comes together with everyday pantry spices in just a few minutes. The blend is smoky, savory,...
    3 days ago
  • Cookies and Cups
    Easy Pesto Meatballs - [image: Easy Pesto Meatballs] These juicy *Pesto Chicken Meatballs* are packed with fresh basil flavor, plenty of Parmesan cheese, and come together with j...
    4 days ago
  • Life In The Lofthouse
    Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps - Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps feature juicy coconut lime grilled chicken, creamy curry noodles, fresh vegetables, and flavorful sauces all wrapped in butter...
    5 days ago
  • Mel's Kitchen Cafe
    Cookies and Cream Brownies - These cookies and cream brownies are rich, fudgy, and loaded with Oreos both in the brownie batter and in the luscious, creamy frosting! Yes, these brown...
    5 days ago
  • Real Baking with Rose
    Ma Vie en Rose Phase 8: Books Arrive! - Our pallet of Ma Vie en Rose books has arrived! We have spent the summer booking dozens of events and locations for our book launch and fall tour, and s...
    6 days ago
  • Love and Olive Oil
    Black Sesame Amaretti Cookies - Amaretti are some of my favorite cookies for a reason: they are ridiculously simple to make, with only 3 main ingredients—plus the black sesame in this c...
    1 week ago
  • Joy the Baker
    My Best Berry Desserts - [image: My Best Berry Desserts] Berry season is short and glorious. For a few weeks the blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and cherries are all so goo...
    1 week ago
  • Vintage Recipe Cards
    Barbecued Chicken Maryland - Cooking Time: 25 mins.Preparation time: 30 mins.Main Cooking Utensils: barbecue, saucepans, aluminum foil For 8 servings you need:8 portions young chicken⅓...
    1 week ago
  • I Wash… You Dry
    Easy Cherry Galette Recipe - This easy cherry galette uses canned pie filling and a store-bought crust for a gorgeous rustic dessert with almost no effort. If you’ve never made a galet...
    1 week ago
  • Broma Bakery
    Golden Oreo Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream - [image: golden oreo strawberry cheesecake ice cream] This No Churn Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream is made with a vanilla cheesecake ice cream base, swirls...
    1 week ago
  • My Baking Addiction
    25 Easy Dinner Recipes for Busy Weeknights - Getting ready for the busy back-to-school season, a packed work schedule, or just don’t have a lot of energy for… The post 25 Easy Dinner Recipes for Bus...
    1 week ago
  • CenterCutCook
    Nutella Swirled Banana Muffins - These nutella swirled banana muffins are super soft and definitely chocolatey! They will make you forget your favorite banana bread in a jiffy! The post ...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Vanilla Bean Blog
    Creamy Almond & Lemon Coffee Cakes - Yes, I’ve made quite a few of these little cakes now: the original jammy cakes, then pumpkin and carrot. There is also banana, and cherry. I love them al...
    2 months ago
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Crafting Blogs

Crafting Blogs
Hand Embroidery, Crochet, Papercrafts, Fun and Beautiful Things

Crafting Blogs

  • Exquisitely Unremarkable
    It's The Little Things - August is a big month around here. After all, it's summer's last hurrah. It's filled with big events like back to school sales, our annual Fireman's Fair...
    11 hours ago
  • Christy Gets Crafty
    Midnight Moths Card - Lawn Fawn Feature - Hey friends, today I'm so honored to be over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a lovely little card featuring the new I Like Cute Moths stamp...
    17 hours ago
  • Peppermint Patty's Papercraft
    Favorite Card Friday - Hi Everyone! It is Favorite Card Friday ! - and time to wish You a wonderful Friday and to share a new card Favorite: These stamps are from Simon ...
    1 day ago
  • Flamingo Toes
    Sewcialites 3: Block 25 – Sparks Block - We made it to Block 25 of Sewcialites 3 — our very last block! This week’s block is the Sparks Block by Jessica Dayon, and it’s such a fun one to finish ou...
    1 day ago
  • NeedlenThread.com
    Introduction to Blackberry Brambles & Blossoms - Hello, my friends, and welcome to the first installment of Blackberry Brambles & Blossoms, which is officially the introduction to …
    1 day ago
  • Sadie Seasongoods
    Upcycle Projects for Succulent Decor - Even though succulents have been having a moment for many years now, they’re still incredibly popular. Versions of succulent decor, real and fake, are ev...
    1 day ago
  • Little Treasures
    African Flower Projects Loading - Greetings to you with my long--forgotten African flowers! What I've realized recently is that having a blog is a fantastic memory boost; one can learn a...
    2 days ago
  • In My Own Style
    After 17 Years, I Have Some Big News to Share - [image: blogger In My Own Style standing on lakeside dock] This post is from the blog, InMyOwnStyle.com Seventeen years ago, I sat down at my computer and ...
    3 days ago
  • Artsy Chicks Rule
    Harvest Crate For Fall Decor - This sweet harvest crate for fall is the perfect way to add a little cozy charm to your home! Fill it with your favorite seasonal finds! Hello sweet frie...
    4 days ago
  • The Polka Dot Chair
    All-Occasion Gift Sewing: Quick Projects for Busy Makers - [image: round pot holder in blue and red with jam on kitchen counter with text overlay] With the holidays right around the corner, it’s time to start think...
    1 week ago
  • Lora B. Create & Ponder
    Handpicked Favorites - handpicked favorite product recommendations for the month of August from... The post Handpicked Favorites appeared first on Lora Bloomquist~Create & Pond...
    2 weeks ago
  • House of Hawthornes
    Painting A Vintage Metal Lawn Chair - A couple of years ago, I snagged this vintage metal porch chair at an estate sale for $10. It is a Bunting Glider Company chair in the basket weave patte...
    1 year ago
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Garden Blogs

Garden Blogs

Garden Blogs

  • A Way To Garden
    the wild world of water lilies, with nybg’s marc hachadourian - RATHER THAN digging in, let’s wade into our topic this week—because the subject is water lilies. If you follow any botanical gardens on social media, you...
    1 day ago
  • danger garden
    An afternoon on the island - Oh for f&Í»%'$ sake, blogger has done it again. I played by their rules and did all the special witchcraft and salt-tossing to upload photos and yet it uplo...
    1 day ago
  • Late to the Garden Party
    The stars of my August garden - I had to work harder this month to identify flowers worth crowing about in my garden. August is generally tough to get excited about as it's commonly am...
    1 day ago
  • Chickadee Gardens
    Summer Vibes - Getting ready to leave my garden for an entire month is daunting. September, too - one of the busier months especially for the veggie garden and processin...
    2 days ago
  • Rambling in the Garden
    Wordless Wednesday: Foliage -
    3 days ago
  • Veg Plotting
    Postcard from the Isle of Man - [image: View from the top of Snaefell] We're back from a much needed and delightful break on the Isle of Man - a fascinating place to visit and ideal f...
    5 days ago
  • the blackberry garden
    The Manor House, Upton Grey - at last - I bought Rosamund Wallenger's book about the restoration of the garden at The Manor House, Upton Grey probably when it was published in 2000, it was cer...
    6 days ago
  • greentapestry
    IAVOM ~ 'In The Pink' - In my vase this Monday are : - Some shy cosmos. These were grown from seed back at the start of April and have made for small bushy plants whic...
    1 week ago
  • Empress of Dirt
    30 Imaginative Garden Art Ideas Spotted in Real Backyards - Explore unique garden art inspiration from real-life backyards. From whimsical to classic, see how to add personality and character to your outdoor livin...
    5 months ago
  • Small Town Gardener
    Choosing To Be Curious in The Garden - Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” asked the poet, Mary Oliver in her 1990 poem “The Summer Day” “Catastrophizing....
    5 months ago
  • Red Dirt Ramblings®
    Grow your own transplants from seed - One of the cheapest ways to garden in Oklahoma is to grow your own transplants from seed. Starting vegetable and flower seeds indoors isn’t as hard as yo...
    6 years ago
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Garden Resources

Garden Resources
Advice, Seeds, Plants, and Tools for the Garden

Garden Resources

  • American Daylily Society
  • American Hosta Society
  • American Rose Society
  • Burpee Seeds and Plants
  • Fieldstone Gardens
  • Forestfarm
  • Gilbert H Wild and Son
  • Goodwin Creek Gardens
  • High Country Gardens
  • Jackson and Perkins Roses
  • Jung Seed
  • Kitchen Garden Seeds
  • Landreth Garden Seeds
  • Marietta Daylily Gardens
  • North American Lily Society
  • Oakes Daylilies
  • Perennial Plant Association
  • Pinetree Garden Seeds
  • Renee's Garden Seeds
  • Roses of Yesterday and Today
  • Sandy Mush Herb Nursery
  • Select Seeds and Plants
  • Territorial Seed
  • Well Sweep Herb Farm

Comic Makers, Image Generators

Comic Makers, Image Generators
Crossword & Rebus Makers!

Comic Makers, Image Generators and Stuff

  • A to Z Teacher Stuff Wordsearch Maker
  • Armored Penguins Crossword Puzzle Maker
  • BeFunky Collage Maker (They have much more!)
  • Big Huge Labs (Fun With Your Photos)
  • Create Your Own Vintage Library Card
  • Discovery Education Crossword Puzzle Maker
  • Edu Games Fallen Phrase Maker
  • Festisite Rebus Maker
  • Make Beliefs Comix
  • Medieval Fantasy City Generator
  • Pixton Everyone Can Make A Comic
  • StoryBoardThat (Comic Strip Creator)
  • Vintage Sewing Patterns
  • Witty Comics Make A Comic!

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DOA's Podcast Liste
Fiction, Movies, TV, Gardening & More

DOA's Podcast Liste

  • Guardian Books
  • Meet The Thriller Author
  • My Favorite Murder
  • Poison Pen Bookstore Podcast
  • Scholastic Reads
  • Shedunnit
  • Speaking Of Mysteries
  • Sword and Laser
  • The Black Tapes
  • The Message
  • The Yarn (School Library Journal)
  • Two Girls One Ghost

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