Ants are on my cabinet, mosquitoes at the door; Summertime has come at last. Who could ask for more? I don’t know if they are coming in to escape the rain, or if the rain is causing them to multiply. Maybe each raindrop is a tiny capsule filled with baby mosquitoes and ants. Maybe they […]

Jun 4, 2022
Invaders of the Creepy Kind
By Blanche Manos · 2 Comments
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: ants, authors, books, cozies, insects, Manos, moonlight series, mosquitoes, mother and daughter sleuths, mysteries, pests, plagues, reading, women writers

Aug 26, 2020
Menace on Four Legs
I got out of my car. The place looked deserted but as I approached the nearer house, a tall, bony dog appeared around the corner. It growled. I stopped. The animal didn’t look in the least friendly. It bared its teeth, snarled and started toward me. Everything I had ever read about unfriendly dogs […]
Filed Under: Mysteries · Tagged: books, clean mysteries, cozies, Manos, moonlight series, mystery, Ned McNeil, women authors