Police Procedural

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Peter Robinson Mysteries

Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson If you are unfamiliar with the series of mystery -suspense novels by Peter Robinson, you are in for a treat. There are over […]

Will Trent Mysteries

Karin Slaughter, Will Trent Mysteries Will Trent is a 6’ 3” GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) agent with extraordinary investigative skills and limited social skills, both of which can be […]

Dark Sacred Night

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly Often a long running mystery series gets tired, but Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels are still fresh.  In Dark Sacred Night, Detective Bosch, retired […]