Looking back on reviews I’ve written of other Andrea Camilleri mysteries involving Inspector Montalbano of Sicily, I realize I titled both reviews, of The Wings of the Sphinx and of The Patience of the Spider, “Marvelous Montalbano.” Last…

I may be late to the table of Anne Perry admirers, but now that I am here, I am here for the full course — or rather, the full run of good courses, as Perry is adept at Victorian era, with both her William Monk series and her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, and she is…

Yes, another reason to love my local library. Hurricane Irene whipped through this town last weekend, leaving almost ninety percent of homes without power. By Monday morning, the library was ready for the onslaught of power-less residents, all of us eager for light in…