Katherine's Book Backyard

I have been a fan of Kelli Stanley 's wonderful historical mysteries since my friend Cormac Brown gave me a copy of her "Roman no...

Mystery is my favorite genre and I love historical mystery most of all. Some of my favorite historical mysteries are set in Roman times. I l...

If you don't know Kelli Stanley's great roman noir novels ( Nox Dormienda and The Curse Make r) , today is a good time to change ...

Or more formally, the Year of the Water Snake. Celebrate by dropping in on The Mysterious China Blog to learn a little Chinese history, lege...

I've been compiling a list of good and great biographies for a new site that's about to go up, and have been bookmarking books as ...

I went to a book-signing for Kelli Stanley yesterday at Book Em' mystery bookstore in S. Pasadena (a wonderful place to drop a dollar or...

Writer Kelli Stanley has a new website up, swing by and say hello and register for her newsletter. You can win copies of her upcoming books...