Out of Africa
Poison is about the intertwined fates of a Spanish commoner and a queen born on the same day and year. Set in 1692, the bicentennial of Columbus’s discovery of America, it features the worst of Spanish life at the time: the dreaded Inquisition. Spain is now a bankrupt...
Winter Counts is a gritty multi-award winning mystery set on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation and written by an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation. I enjoy both thrillers and Native American novels, so this was right up my alley. The hero (or...
As always, I love books about art, art history, and Italy, so I enjoyed reading The Secret Courtesan. Mia Harding is an art historian sent from the States to certify a fellow art historian’s identification of a statue called “The Estasi” (the Ecstasy) as being by a...
Edge of the Fall is a genre-bending blend of adventure, psychological thriller, and wilderness survival. Dr. Ian Sizemore, dealing with chronic pain and depressed after the deaths of his wife and daughter, is driving in the mountains during a snowstorm when he spies...
The Painter’s Apprentice is set in Venice in 1510. A master gilder sends his daughter, Maria, from home to apprentice under Master Trevisan, a well-known painter. Her father does this for two reasons: to get her away from her illicit lover, Cristiano, (who’s been...
The Painter of Time opens with an unknown man painting, then slowly moves in to reveal that he is an art restorer, a man with a quiet life and deeply instilled habits. Chapter Two introduces a second character, MacKenzie, a female artist, as she begins her day at the...
I had so much fun doing a big, beautiful, artsy bookish giveaway haul last month, I've decided to do it again! This time, I'm upping the ante by including a $10 Amazon gift card in one of the prize combos. It's only on for eight days, so enter while you can... Good...
Poison is about the intertwined fates of a Spanish commoner and a queen born on the same day and year. Set in 1692, the bicentennial of Columbus’s discovery of America, it features the worst of Spanish life at the time: the dreaded Inquisition. Spain is now a bankrupt...
Winter Counts is a gritty multi-award winning mystery set on South Dakota’s Rosebud Indian Reservation and written by an enrolled citizen of the Sicangu Lakota nation. I enjoy both thrillers and Native American novels, so this was right up my alley. The hero (or...
As always, I love books about art, art history, and Italy, so I enjoyed reading The Secret Courtesan. Mia Harding is an art historian sent from the States to certify a fellow art historian’s identification of a statue called “The Estasi” (the Ecstasy) as being by a...
Edge of the Fall is a genre-bending blend of adventure, psychological thriller, and wilderness survival. Dr. Ian Sizemore, dealing with chronic pain and depressed after the deaths of his wife and daughter, is driving in the mountains during a snowstorm when he spies...
The Painter’s Apprentice is set in Venice in 1510. A master gilder sends his daughter, Maria, from home to apprentice under Master Trevisan, a well-known painter. Her father does this for two reasons: to get her away from her illicit lover, Cristiano, (who’s been...
The Painter of Time opens with an unknown man painting, then slowly moves in to reveal that he is an art restorer, a man with a quiet life and deeply instilled habits. Chapter Two introduces a second character, MacKenzie, a female artist, as she begins her day at the...
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