Why do I keep reading Linda Fairstein? I say this every time, yet every time a new Alexander Cooper crime novel is released, I get sucked in. Maybe it is the history buff in me that appreciates the NYC landmarks and historical trivia that Fairstein peppers throughout her stories. But this time, ... [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 Long Way Home by Louise Penny
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny Despite her gothic prose, the new Louise Penny is reliably gratifying. (I have forgiven Penny for her transgressions in The Beautiful Mystery.) In The Long Way Home, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec retires to the tiny village of Three ... [Continue Reading]
A Chilling Canadian Cozy
Still Life by Louise Penny I was thrilled to discover the novel Still Life for two reasons. First it is an excellent crime novel. Secondly, it is the first in author Louise Penny’s Three Pines mystery series, which means that there are more novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache ... [Continue Reading]