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Eleanor Kuhns

Book Review: The Black Ascot by Charles Todd

By Eleanor Kuhns

February 5, 2019

Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in The Black Ascot by Charles Todd, the 21st installment of the acclaimed New York Times-bestselling series. A chance meeting with a released convict gives Rutledge a clue to the whereabouts of Alan Barrington, an escaped murderer who has… Read more

Book Review: No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen

By Eleanor Kuhns

January 15, 2019

In No Mercy by Joanna Schaffhausen, Police Officer Ellery Hathaway has been suspended from the force for killing a man in cold blood. Ellery feels no remorse. Take down the monster when you have a clean shot because you might not get a second one. This philosophy had landed her… Read more

Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson

Book Review: Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson

By Eleanor Kuhns

November 27, 2018

Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson is the third Gilded Age New York mystery featuring heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter. When Claire Buchanan arrives in the office of MacKenzie and Hunter, she claims her sister was murdered. An opera singer, Claire had been in Europe… Read more

Review: The Druid of Death by Richard T. Ryan

By Eleanor Kuhns

September 20, 2018

The Druid of Death by Richard T. Ryan is a Sherlock Holmes adventure about ancient Druids, Celtic mythology, and a creepy string of ritualistic murders.  An early morning summons involves Sherlock Holmes and the ever-faithful Watson in a new case. In this second Sherlock Holmes mystery by Richard T. Ryan,… Read more

Review: After the Storm by Linda Castillo

By Eleanor Kuhns

June 26, 2018

After the Storm by Linda Castillo is the seventh mystery in the Kate Burkholder series, where a tornado passes through the Chief of Police’s town, uncovering secrets left and right. After the Storm is the seventh Kate Burkholder mystery, and I’ve been a fan of Linda Castillo since the debut,… Read more

Fresh Meat: Run You Down by Julia Dahl

By Eleanor Kuhns

June 20, 2015

Run You Down by Julia Dahl is the 2nd murder mystery in the Rebekah Roberts series about a NYC reporter who's immersed herself in the closed-door Hasidic community (available June 30, 2015). Run You Down picks up shortly after the events of Julia Dahl's first book, Invisible City. Rebekah Roberts,… Read more

Fresh Meat: Mightier than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer

By Eleanor Kuhns

February 21, 2015

Mightier than the Sword by Jeffrey Archer is the fifth installment in The Clifton Chronicles (available February 24, 2015). This is Jeffrey Archer’s fifth entry in the Clifton Chronicles and it literally opens with a bang. On the Buckingham, the cruise ship built by Emma (Barrington) Clifton’s company, the IRA… Read more

Fresh Meat: Fighting Chance by Jane Haddam

By Eleanor Kuhns

September 6, 2014

Fighting Chance by Jane Haddam is the 29th mystery in the Gregor Demarkian series about the Armenian-American detective (available September 9, 2014). Gregor Demarkian is in the throes of investigating a bank foreclosure on a house owned by a friend, and for which the bank instituting the foreclosure has no… Read more

Fresh Meat: Every Hidden Fear by Linda Rodriguez

By Eleanor Kuhns

May 6, 2014

Every Hidden Fear by Linda Rodriguez is the third mystery in the Skeet Bannion series about the Missouri campus police officer who must prove her son's friend didn't commit murder, even though her boss is quick to believe he did (available May 6, 2014). In Every Hidden Fear, the third… Read more

The Apocalypse’s Children: The Walking Dead Meets The Last of Us

By Eleanor Kuhns

April 16, 2014

One of the most gripping elements, at least for me, is the vulnerability of the children and the lengths to which the adults will go to keep these kids alive – a theme that was front and center this past month as I almost simultaneously finished playing The Last of… Read more

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