Killed at the Whim of a Hat by Colin Cotterill In Killed at the Whim of a Hat, the first novel in the Jimm Juree series, Jimm and her kooky family have recently moved from the big city of Chiang Mai to a dismal and all but deserted coastal resort town in southern Thailand. Having given up her ... [Continue Reading]
Mysteries from Paretsky, Clark and Black
Sara Paretsky, Marcia Clark, Benjamin Black In Fallout, Sara Paretsky relocates her Chicago based detective, V.I. Warshawski, to Kansas, where the fish out of water V.I. gets caught up in a convoluted and not entirely plausible plot involving old nukes. I raced through Moral Defense, another in ... [Continue Reading]
Camino Island by John Grisham
Camino Island by John Grisham After John Grisham’s last novel, the dreary The Whistler, which wasn’t so much a novel as a thinly veiled diatribe on judicial misconduct, I wasn’t sure I’d pick up another Grisham book-- ever. But the subject of Camino Island is BOOK theft, so how could I resist? ... [Continue Reading]
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz Magpie Murders is a classic whodunit by the television screenwriter who created PBS favorites, Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War. Susan Ryeland is an editor at Cloverleaf Books. Her number one writer is Alan Conway, the author of the wildly successful Atticus ... [Continue Reading]
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Dry by Jane Harper The Dry, a first novel by Jane Harper, takes place in a small, rain starved farm community in Australia. Federal Agent Aaron Falk returns to his hometown for the first time in twenty years to attend the funeral of his childhood friend Luke. Luke’s parents are not satisfied ... [Continue Reading]
Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk by Kathleen Rooney
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney On New Year’s Eve 1984 in New York City, octogenarian Lillian Boxfish has an early dinner at neighborhood restaurant. After dinner, she suddenly decides to walk from Murray Hill downtown to Delmonico’s restaurant for a nightcap. Clad in a mink ... [Continue Reading]
Mystery Medley
Mystery Medley Home by Harlan Coben Home is the eleventh novel in Coben’s fast-paced series featuring the amiable former college basketball player Myron Bolitar and his sinister sometime sidekick Win. As Home opens, the partners receive a tip that one of two boys kidnapped ten years ago and ... [Continue Reading]
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan A sub genre of the English cozy is the Indian cozy, light hearted detective tales set in the subcontinent. Other than references to the terrible traffic and the appearance of the occasional beggar, the stresses of modern Indian life are ... [Continue Reading]
by Graeme Simsion
If you are looking for a romantic comedy, look no further than The Rosie Project by Australian author Graeme Simsion. After many years of contented singledom, methodical professor of genetics Dr. Don Tillman decides he needs a wife. But rather than depend on traditional match making methods, ... [Continue Reading]
Books for the Guest Room
Books for the Guest Room Tis the season for overnight guests! In addition to a variety of pillows and good lighting, you can make your guests feel extra special by offering a selection of reading material in the guest room. Here are five books which offer something for everyone. Escape ... [Continue Reading]