I first met Catriona McPherson at a drinks gathering of writers and artists. I was a newbie author with a traditional mystery due out the following year, and Catriona was (and is) a multi-award-winning, best-selling author of more than 20 books. (Now 29? Maybe 30?). I was way out of my comfort zone… I knew […]
What I’m reading
Mark Wheaton’s action-packed and beautifully written Father Luis Chavez Mystery Trilogy is more about modern social issues than it is about religion, though Los Angeles gang member and recently-ordained priest Father Luis Chavez underpins his search for justice, which at times turns violent, with his struggle to live consistent with his faith…
What I’m Reading
…the voice of Stevens never wavers throughout the telling and I could feel his quiet pride at his strengths and his discomfort with his missteps. In that achievement alone, the fact that I felt as though I coexisted, at times, with Stevens’ inner being, makes the novel extraordinary. Read more…