I am a longtime fan of Hanna Alkaf’s, so when I heard that she was setting her latest novel in one of the prestigious girl’s secondary schools of Kuala Lumpur, I absolutely had to get my hands on it. It isn’t just that I knew that, as with the rest of her books, the quality…

As soon as I had a chance to slip this science-fiction homage to the classic mystery The Thin Man into my work schedule, reader, I took it! It’s the year 2075, and interplanetary travel has become so de rigueur that cruises between Earth, the Lunar Colony, and Mars are a common–if still fairly expensive–vacation option.…

Stephanie Wrobel discovered the joy of books and storytelling at an early age but later made the decision to pursue a more practical career as an adult. After college, she worked as a copywriter, helping to pen and produce advertising spots for a variety of well-known brands in the Chicago area. Then, as a freelancer,…

Japan’s foremost private detective needs a vacation. It’s 1955 and Kosuke Kindaichi wants to go somewhere where he can rest his mind and body in tranquil surroundings, unbothered by any thoughts of crime-solving or mystery. His old friend Inspector Isokawa might have the perfect place for him, though even the inspector has to admit that…

When Gela Nathaniel proposes the idea of a new Multimedia Arts Masters Degree program to the Royal Hastings college of the University of London, little does she know exactly how much chaos she’s inviting both into her life and to the campus. Her six candidates have all been hand selected for the year-long pilot course,…

Chapter One Villa von Düchtel, Bavaria 1906 Far too many—if not most—social gatherings would be immeasurably improved by the strategic removal of a troubling guest. When said individual’s behavior is particularly egregious, one may be forgiven for considering murder as an acceptable remedy for the situation. The civilized among us curb this instinct. They may…

Patricia Cornwell’s iconic heroine, Kay Scarpetta, is having a moment. A mainstay in the annals of contemporary crime fiction since debuting alongside her creator with 1990’s Postmortem—the first book ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure prize in a single year—she has now appeared in…

The only mystery that baker Poppy McAllister is interested in solving this holiday season is the one regarding the engagement ring in a velvet box that was left at her Butterfly Wings bed and breakfast over Thanksgiving. None of the men in the lives of herself or her nearest and dearest have owned up to…

Once upon a time, Henry and Lily were happy. They bought a beautiful house in the kind of suburban neighborhood that affords its privileged inhabitants a healthy dose of privacy and set about giving their home the kind of fancy high-end trappings befitting their careers as a robotics engineer and a tech entrepreneur respectively. But…

You’re reading a winner when before you’ve even finished the first chapter you’re thinking, When’s the movie coming out? This is like Crazy Rich Asians with a murderous spin. Clarissa Song, freelance journalist’s Khin Haymar’s demanding boss, dangles the assignment of a lifetime to Khin, an opportunity to profile Tyler Tun, Hollywood’s hottest male lead.…