People of the Book
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Geraldine Books, the author of March and Year of Wonders, has written another inspired work of historical fiction. People of the Book is […]
Pentecost and Parker
Pentecost and Parker Mystery Series by Stephen Spotswood Not new, but new to me is the Pentecost and Parker mystery series by Stephen Spotswood. Set in the 1940s, Willowjean “Will” […]
Overboard
Overboard by Sara Paretsky I promised that I wouldn’t read another novel featuring V.I. Warshawski, author Sara Paretsky’s busybody, sanctimonious detective. But character flaws aside, Paretsky can move a plot […]
Nordic Noir
Nordic Noir, a selection At the end of July, The New York Times Book Review featured a guide to Nordic noir. Categorized by country (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden), I […]
My Sister, The Serial Killer
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Whatever you think this book is about– and with such a title the possibilities are many—it’s not. Yes, Sister does bump off […]
Magpie Murders
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 […]
Killed at the Whim of a Hat
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 […]
Lethal White
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith BOOK 4 Lethal White is the fourth book in the Cormoran Strike/Robin Ellacott series by Robert Galbraith, a/k/a/ J.K. Rowling. Since Robin’s wedding to her […]
Just One Evil Act
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George The aristocratic D.I. Thomas Linley and the slightly grubby Det. Sgt. Barbara Havers make an unusual but highly effective investigative team, but in […]
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming Despite the fact we are back to school in Nashville, it is still much too hot for serious fiction. What is required during […]
I Will Find You
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben During a rare prison visit, David Burroughs’ sister tells him that she spotted Burroughs’ young son in a friend’s vacation photos. As Burroughs […]
Hunting Game
Hunting Game by Helene Tursten It’s moose hunting season in Sweden, and twenty-eight-year-old Embla Nyström, a Detective Inspector in the Västra Götaland County Bureau of Investigation’s mobile unit (VGM) is […]
Home by Nightfall
Home by Nightfall by Charles Finch With the impenetrable fog and stifling conventions, Victorian London is an irresistible setting for murder mysteries, and the Charles Lenox series by Charles Finch […]
Hell Gate
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein (Book 12) Linda Fairstein’s latest crime novel featuring Alexander Cooper, head of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in Manhattan, is an easy read. Despite the […]
Girl Waits With Gun
Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart Inspired by true events, Girl Waits With Gun is the first work of fiction from Amy Stewart, author of six nonfiction works including […]