by Mary During the last couple of weeks my eye was drawn to three stories with a common though unlikely element linking crime, WWII, and ...

by Eric A generally accepted rule of thumb is that a novel can be considered historical if it is set at least fifty years in the past.  Tha...

by Eric Years ago I gave up printed books for e-books. As a legal editor, I worked all day in front of a monitor years before home comput...

by Mary Readers may be interested to hear the most popular period for marriages runs from May to October. When I read this tidbit I thoug...

by Mary A significant portion of the last couple of weeks of January was devoted to sleeping, eating, and working in shifts to cover flus...

by Eric When Mary pointed out to me that it was 25 years since the first Orphan Scrivener appeared in February 2000 I went to the newslet...

by Eric Never fall for a rodent. They might have cute faces and squeak like squeeze toys, but in the end a rodent's just a rodent. ...