At a time when mystery books seemed to be split into two schools – the hard-boiled detective story (think Raymond Chandler ...

The bulk of my knowledge about World War II encompasses the American and British homefronts. In my recent study of the batt...

I am continuing my project to read mysteries written by some of the lesser known or forgotten authors from the 1930s and 1940s. A writ...

I have a definite sweet tooth, and I love cookies! Ooey, gooey, chewy cookies. So when I found this recipe for carrot cookies, I was horri...

As I write this, I’m sitting in my Dedham, Massachusetts hotel room having just finished my second full (read jam-packed) day at the ann...

Hello, everyone! Fictional war correspondent Ruth Brown here. Today I'm interviewing Martha Gellhorn-novelist, travel w...

I recently wrote a blog about Corfu Island, a small but important location in WWII. Reader Marcia Lahti commented that Wake...