So what’s the last book you read? September is International Literacy Month.

I've always attributed what success I enjoyed in my military and civilian careers to the fact that I could write a decent sentence or two. And I contribute that fact to my mother reading to me and my brother as a child...sorry Lizzy (my sister.) I think we were the targets of her reading because … Continue reading So what’s the last book you read? September is International Literacy Month. →

“Wheels Within Wheels,” the fourth in John L. Swann’s Charlie Chan Returns series!

Complex interlocking golden gears with runes in a dim stone chamber

What better way to celebrate Earl Derr Biggers' 142nd birthday this month, August 24, 1884, than with a new Charlie Chan mystery, Wheels Within Wheels (April 2026!) A train ride from New York Central, a murder on the tracks, a remote Adirondack lodge, and several guest assembled for veiled reasons by a millionaire! This one … Continue reading “Wheels Within Wheels,” the fourth in John L. Swann’s Charlie Chan Returns series! →