Dr. Quirke Novels
Dr. Quirke Novels by Benjamin Black Another new to me is the series by Booker Award-winning novelist John Banville writing under the pen name Benjamin Black. I’m not a huge […]
Detective Joe Sandilands
Detective Joe Sandilands Novels by Barbara Cleverly While in NYC I ran across the 8th novel in the Detective Joe Sandilands series by Barbara Cleverly (Strange Images of Death-yummy!) How […]
The Mitford Murders
The Mitford Murders by Jessica Fellowes With Mitford mania in perpetual bloom, it was only a matter of time before some enterprising author wrote a mystery series featuring the Mitford […]
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan (Book 1) A sub-genre of the English cozy is the Indian cozy, light hearted detective tales set in the subcontinent. Other […]
The Man Who Died Twice
The Man Who Died Twice: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery by Richard Osman (Book 2) The four crafty seniors from the Coopers Chase retirement village return in the second Thursday […]
The Maid
The Maid by Nita Prose Molly is the maid every hotel wishes they had on their payroll. Obsessively tidy, punctual, and methodical, Molly cleans each room at the Regency Grand […]
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny (Book 10) Despite her gothic prose, the new Louise Penny is also reliably gratifying. (I have forgiven Penny for her transgressions in The […]
The Keeper of Lost Causes
The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen I’m always on the lookout for a new mystery series, so I was thrilled when my cousin Harriet suggested the Department Q […]
The Inspector and Silence
The Inspector and Silence and Munster’s Case by Hakan Nesser Ever since the success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, publishers are translating Nordic crime novels into English as […]
The Ink Black Heart
The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (Book 6) Under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, J.K. Rowling writes mysteries that have more in common with Dickens than DeMille. With intricate plotting […]
A Death in Diamonds
A Death in Diamonds by S.J. Bennett That exalted amateur sleuth Queen Elizabeth II returns in S.J. Bennett’s novel, A Death in Diamonds. Unlike Bennett’s earlier novels, which feature an […]
The Dry
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 […]
The Dinosaur Feather
The Dinosaur Feather by S.J. Gazan My friend Paula introduced me to a new Scandinavian murder mystery The Dinosaur Feather, a first novel by Danish author S.J. Gazan which won […]
The Curse of Pietro Houdini
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller In the early days of the Allied invasion of Italy in WWII, 14-year-old orphan Massimo takes refuge in the Benedictine abbey […]
The Cuckoo’s Calling
The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (Book 1) The Cuckoo’s Calling is a traditional detective story from Robert Galbraith a/k/a J.K. Rowling featuring a down on his luck private investigator […]