Out of This World

You may not know that The Wizard of Oz is only the first of thirty-nine books set in the world of Oz, the first fourteen written by L. Frank Baum, a subsequent eighteen by Ruth Plumly Thomson, and seven more by miscellaneous other authors. My mother and her younger brothers read them all when theyContinue reading “Out of This World”

A Small Blast on My Own Trumpet

A little over a year ago, I shared my pleasure when Pesticide, the first Linder and Donatelli mystery, received a starred review from Kirkus. Since then, there’ve been no more Kirkus stars for my Polizei Bern books, although Sons and Brothers and the forthcoming A Fondness for Truth (April 2024) were praised by its reviewers.Continue reading “A Small Blast on My Own Trumpet”