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• The Lady from Burma by Allison Montclair

  26-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: He sat on the edge of the narrow bed, reaching for the black wool socks he had stuffed into his shoes .   Most of...

• On My Radar: Diane Vallere's Tulle Death Do Us Part!

  25-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    Isn't it great when you learn that a favorite series you thought had died is suddenly brought back to life? Back almost ten (!)...

• A Boxy Weekly Link Round-Up

  22-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    When the temperature's been 118-119°F like it has been here in Phoenix, the heat leeches all human desire to get out and do...

• The Missing Father by M.J. Lee

  21-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: March, 1943, Chungkai Camp, Thailand. It was a day just like any other .   It's a week before Jayne Sinclair will...

• Wednesday's Bird

  20-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    Western Tanager   This pretty little bird is the Western Tanager . I've seen it several times in various parts of...

• Kissing Arizona by Elizabeth Gunn

  19-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: Sarah blew off the phone entirely on the first ring .   Detective Sarah Burke and her colleagues in the Tucson...

• On My Radar: Preston & Child's Dead Mountain!

  18-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    You would think that, if there was a series you'd never rated below an "A" , you'd be Johnny-on-the-spot whenever a new book...

• The We Dodged a Bullet Weekly Link Round-Up

  15-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    I'm still in shock over what happened Sunday, so I have to share. Denis used to work 2 PM to midnight before he retired, and...

• Loot by Aaron Elkins

  14-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: Altaussee Salt Mine, Altaussee, Austria, April 19, 1945, 11:35 A.M.   Madness .   The Third Reich is...

• While Miz Kittling Knits: Zen

  13-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    When Denis and I almost became solid blocks of ice waiting for Dial-a-Ride on a cold, wet, windy December afternoon, I decided...

• The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey

  12-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: Thursday, June 1, 1922. Sisters will fight .   Perveen Mistry, the only female solicitor in Bombay, attends a...

• On My Radar: Paige Shelton's Lost Hours!

  11-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    It's always exciting when one of your favorite authors is successful at trying something new. It's even better when the...

• The Wet Rag Weekly Link Round-Up

  8-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    It's been a quiet holiday week here at Casa Kittling. For the first time in years, the neighborhood didn't explode under the...

• A Fever in the Heartland by Timothy Egan

  7-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: The most powerful man in Indiana stood next to the new governor at the Inaugural Ball, there to be thanked, applauded, and...

• Striking a Pose

  6-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    Even the lowly house finch can look pretty when it strikes a pose. © Cathy G. Cole of Kittling: Books All rights...

• Let's Party!

  5-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    Even if you don't celebrate our Independence Day, enjoy it in a special way! (Some of that quality Me Time with a book,...

• June 2023 Additions to My Digital Security Blanket

  4-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    I fell off my Austerity Wagon a bit last month, but I'm not particularly worried. For the past week and a half, I've been...

• The Am I Coming or Going? Weekly Link Round-Up

  1-7-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

      Not much to report here. Even though the temperatures are now right around 110°F (43.3°C), I can't help but think that...

• The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni

  30-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: Kurt Schill dragged his fourteen-foot aluminum boat across the beach logs he’d set to minimize the scraping of the hull...

• July 2023 New Mystery Releases!

  29-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    I'm sitting here attempting to get back on track with my normal blogging schedule even though I'm on two medications that make me want...

• A Deadly Bone to Pick by Peggy Rothschild

  28-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: " Please be careful with that. "   After the death of her husband, ex-police officer and former P.I. Molly Madison...

• The Dip in the Road Weekly Link Round-Up

  24-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    My Emergency Room visit turned into an adventure. I seem to be a magnet for such things. The ER staff immediately siphoned off...

• The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey

  23-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Line: That summer, the summer of '77, everything had edges .   The summer of 1977 is when everything changes for a group...

• While Miz Kittling Knits: Dalgleish

  22-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    One thing is certain: now that I've switched to knitting lap blankets for awhile, I'm completing projects even faster! This...

• West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge

  21-6-2023 Books https://www.kittlingbooks.com/feeds/posts/default

    First Lines: Woodrow Wilson Nickel died in the year 2025, on a usual day, in the usual way, at the rather unusual age of 105. A...