What's New Pussycat?: March 2025
Since my last What’s New Pussycat? post, all the way back on February 19 th , five orphaned books have found sanctuary in my book loving home. Every solitary title fits squarely within my usual suspects—crime and mystery. The books came from a trio of sources in my home state of Vermont: 1) a HOPE Resale store in Middlebury; 2) Monroe Street Books, an excellent used shop with a bunch of mystery hardcovers from the 1980s and 1990s, also in Middlebury; and 3) Rutland City Free Library’s Friends of the Library book sale held March 14 and 15. I’m pleased with the take because these books (all of them) will be read much sooner than later. So, for your approval, here are my latest house-cluttering treasures… BINO , by A. W. Gray (© 1988). This first edition from E. P. Dutton came from Monroe Street Books. While I’ve never read any of Gray’s work, I do have fond memories of seeing his novels on bookstore shelves in the 1990s. This one is about a...