Welcome back to “Thursday Treats.” The first column last week proved to be incredibly popular. More than I had thought possible. Thank you to those who commented here and elsewhere, shared the post, and made it clear that it was a hit. Thank you. The bar has been set high so I hope I can keep meeting it.
Cameron Trost recently
announced on Facebook that Dead on the Dolmen, the first Oscar
Tremont, Investigator of the Strange and Inexplicable novel, will be released
on the 30th of January. https://mybook.to/deadonthedolmen. I took
advantage of the pre order deal and used funds in my Amazon Associate account
to snag the eBook copy.
Authors Barb Goffman, Dave Zeltserman,
and many others appear in Black Cat Weekly
#230.
BCW is a weekly publication featuring short stories and novellas in multiple
genres. You can buy individual issues or one of the far better subscription
deals at blackcatweekly.com.
Craig Johnson announced on Facebook that The Brothers McKay: A Longmire Mystery is coming out in late May. Amazon has the listing for it. Based on the synopsis there, it seems like Walt is closer to home this time. Been a big fan of this series, so I am hoping I get a shot at it on NetGalley or through the Dallas Library System. NetGalley has added it, so I put in my request. Viking is the publisher. I do not have a good track record with them in being granted the approval to read stuff.
Michael Connelly also announced
on Facebook that Ironwood is coming out in mid-May. Amazon has
the listing for it. This is
the second book in the police procedural series that started with Nightshade. I very much
enjoyed that book so I am very much looking forward to this. No sign of it,
yet, at either NetGalley or the Dallas Public Library System.
I am a big fan of the works of Steven F.
Havill. His Posadas County Mystery series has gone on for many years,
and it is mighty good. I told you about the most recent one, If It Isn’t One
Thing… A Posadas County Mystery, last March. Knowing he does very
little social media, I have been checking Amazon for the new one. They now have
it listed. Reverse: A
Posadas County Mystery comes out in May. NetGalley got it listed yesterday and I grabbed it. I got it right away as it is with Severn House who has me
preapproved on NetGalley for everything they do.
By the way, if you don’t already know,
Lesa Holstine does a blog post every Thursday where folks, including yours
truly, share what we are reading. Make sure you check it out at Lesa’s Book Critiques. It will,
guaranteed, make your TBR pile grow.
Which in one way is not helpful at all
as my long standing order for the READ FASTER, DAMN IT! brain implant is still
on backorder at Amazon. Apparently, there are supply chain issues. 😉
Kevin R. Tipple ©2026
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8 comments:
Because your brain implant is on back order at Amazon, Kevin, you might try contacting the people in Washington. They have several they are evidently not using.
LOL!
I'm a fan of Connelly but have not read Nightshade yet. I just purchased Resurrection Walk but after starting it, found it a bit dull -- I put aside for later (could have been my mood). Great new series!
RW takes a little time to get going. At least it did for me. Netflix renewed THE LINCOLN LAWYER yesterday for a fifth season and that book will be the one used for it. NIGHTSHADE seemed to me to be written with TV in mind. Can't prove it. Just seemed that way to me.
I watched the Lincoln Lawyer season 1 but don't like the guy cast as Haller -- doesn't ring authentic to me. Again, probably just me. I stopped watching Bosch because the actress that plays Maddie was just too annoying (and wooden).
Not a fan of the casting of Haller or Maddie. I can't really put my finger on it though the Maddie TV version seems like a very pale imitation of what I had in my hand. That being said, Titus was not my choice as BOSCH and soon won me over.
Agreed on Titus (I kept thinking of LOST) but he did win me over. And stuck with it until the last season when Maddie character became important. Just cannot stand her as an actress. So wooden.
She is. Back in High School, I did not take drama classes, but did often walk by them when they were rehearsing in the auditorium. The teacher would often stop rehearsal to yell at somebody, "EMOTE!" When I see her, that flashes through my head. lol
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