Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Clarkesworld Year 5

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Clarkesworld Year 5: Clarkesworld Magazine is an online magazine started in 2006 which publishes science fiction and fantasy stories. Neil Clarke is the editor...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens -- Short Stories

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens -- Short Stories: This February I have been reading short stories for Short Story February , as suggested by Rick Robinson at Tip the Wink . I did this once b...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas: Marian Babson

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas: Marian Babson: I am still in a holiday mood on the 2nd day of the new year, so I am writing about my last Christmas read from mid-December. The Twelve Deat...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Hunting Party: Lucy Foley

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Hunting Party: Lucy Foley: This is a crime fiction novel taking place around New Year's Eve / New Year's Day. A winter getaway in a lovely setting, which goes ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Killed in the Ratings: William L. DeAndrea

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Killed in the Ratings: William L. DeAndrea: William L. Deandrea is an author I have been planning to read for years. Finally I have read one of his books and I will be reading more. ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Wicked Uncle: Patricia Wentworth

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Wicked Uncle: Patricia Wentworth: I started reading Miss Silver mysteries again, after a long hiatus, in November 2017. This is only the third I have read, but I have noticed...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Woman in White: Wilkie Collins: This book is one of the first sensation novels. First published in 1859, it tells the story of a young woman  (Laura Fairlie) who marries un...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Manual of Detection: Jedediah Berry

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Manual of Detection: Jedediah Berry: My son bought this book at the book sale last year. We both read it recently, and we both enjoyed it. But it is very hard to describe. It is...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Betty Smith

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: Betty Smith: For years, I mistakenly thought that this was children's book, and I was not interested in reading it. When I researched the book and it...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Heartshot: Steven F. Havill

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Heartshot: Steven F. Havill: Heartshot is the first book in a  24-book series by Steven F. Havill. The series is set in a fictional county in New Mexico. Although this ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Snowblind: Ragnar Jonasson

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Snowblind: Ragnar Jonasson: Snowblind is the first book in the Dark Iceland series, written by Ragnar Jónasson. The setting is the northernmost town in Iceland, Sigluf...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Champagne for One by Rex Stout

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Champagne for One: Rex Stout: In August, I reread one of my favorite books by Rex Stout, Champagne for One . It  is part of the Nero Wolfe series, of course, An acquain...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: Death in Amsterdam by Nicolas Freeling

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death in Amsterdam: Nicolas Freeling: Death in Amsterdam is the first book of the Van der Valk series by Nicolas Freeling. The novel was originally published in 1962 in the UK w...

Bitter Tea and Mystery Review: City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

Bitter Tea and Mystery: City of Shadows: Ariana Franklin: City of Shadows is set mostly in Berlin, starting in 1922 and then picks up the story again in 1932. I find Germany in the years between W...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Colonel Butler's Wolf: Anthony Price

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Colonel Butler's Wolf: Anthony Price: This is the third book in the David Audley / Colonel Butler series, a cold war espionage series set in the UK and usually featuring some his...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: My Mother, the Detective: The Complete Mom Short S...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: My Mother, the Detective: The Complete Mom Short S...: I had surgery yesterday; it wasn't very serious and went well. However, my chair in front of my laptop is the only place I can sit comf...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Save the Last Dance for Me: Ed Gorman

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Save the Last Dance for Me: Ed Gorman: Years ago, in 2006, I read the first three books in this series and now I have returned to it with book #4, Save the Last Dance for Me . ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death Sends a Cable: Margaret Tayler Yates

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death Sends a Cable: Margaret Tayler Yates: This is a mystery novel published in 1938, set on the Naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba. The main character is Anne Davenport McLean, better...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Iron Gates: Margaret Millar

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Iron Gates: Margaret Millar: I especially like Margaret Millar's crime fiction novels because they are different. The focus is on the psychological aspects of crime,...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Follow Her Home: Steph Cha

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Follow Her Home: Steph Cha: Follow Her Home is the first of three books featuring Korean-American Juniper Song. I read this book in August 2018, but never had time to ...