Another cozy British mystery, another spunky heroine, another assemblage of novels to follow contentedly for years. Frances Brody has added another detective series to my
If I were asked to name my favorite murder mystery writer of today, I think I’d choose Louise Penny. Elizabeth George would be a close
Many readers adore cozy English village mysteries. From Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple stories to Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache intrigues (Canadian, and twenty-first century, but still
Inspector Armand Gamache has now retired, but I can only hope that this is not his last detecting adventure. He has entertained and beguiled me
The Midwife’s Tale and The Harlot’s Tale Historian Sam Thomas, while researching seventeenth century conflicts between Puritans and Royalists, discovered a will written in 1683.
“Among Thieves?” Shouldn’t it be “Honor Among Thieves?” Nope, author John Clarkson got it right; there is no honor among the thieves and other lowlifes
Stone Cold by C. J. Box and The Precipice by Paul Doiron As I was reading and reviewing Paul Doiron’s first four Mike Bowditch mysteries
BRONX REQUIEM How much time do we have for reading? Is page count important? No chores to do? Home from work or do we wait
THE OTHER WOMAN Emblazoned across the cover of Sandie Jones’ novel, The Other Woman, are words foreshadowing its amazing plot: “fiendishly clever with a twist
A SINGLE SPY Writing A Single Spy, William Christie turns a historical footnote into a complicated novel of international intrigue. That footnote, found in Professor
THE LAST TOURIST Olen Steinhauer’s novel, The Last Tourist, is the fourth Steinhauer thriller featuring Milo Weaver. Like its predecessors, this one keeps the reader
The Heron’s Cry, sequel to The Long Call. Cleeves and her detective Venn have done it again in the second Two Rivers mystery. As promised,
The Last Passenger, another story of Charles Finch’s favorite upper-class detective, Charles Lenox, detecting crimes in a dark and shady Victorian England. The Last Passenger
Things We Do in The Dark – a scary title that means more than we think. Hillier has written a novel with as many secrets
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