The Last Woman in the Forest by Diane Les Becquets is thriller about a woman whose greatest threat could be the man she loves. Disclaimer: this review was written by a dog lover. This mystery got off to a bit of a slow start for me. It seemed a bit choppy,… Read more
From Tom Clavin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City, Wild Bill is the story of the first lawman of the Wild West. What do you know about Wild Bill Hickock? True or False. Wild Bill was a: Folk hero Scout Spy Soldier Abolitionist Wagon master Gambler Gunfighter Snazzy dresser… Read more
The Lost Man by New York Times-bestseller Jane Harper is a stunning new standalone novel about two brothers who meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead. British-born, Australian writer Jane Harper has quickly established herself as a writer you can trust to deliver a great… Read more
From Claire Fuller — the author of Our Endless Numbered Days and Swimming Lessons — Bitter Orange is a seductive psychological portrait, a keyhole into the dangers of longing and how far a woman might go to escape her past. Bitter Orange, Claire Fuller’s third novel, is a literary mystery that fans of Sarah Waters,… Read more
Bimini Twist by Linda Greenlaw is the fourth book in the Jane Bunker Mystery series, another thrilling, small-town mystery set in Down East Maine. Linda Greenlaw’s Bimini Twist is a perfect summer read. If you like the water, boats, and Maine—or have always wanted to visit—Greenlaw’s Jane Bunker series is an exciting way to… Read more
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo is the first book in the Kate Burkholder mystery series set in the small fictional town of Painters Mill, Ohio, in the heart of Amish country. “Time flies” and “So many books, so little time” are two clichés that banged up against my reading life… Read more
Set in the long, hot Hungarian summer of 2015―and revealing the hidden, criminal world beneath Budapest’s glittering facade―District VIII is the first novel in the new Detective Balthazar Kovacs mystery series from Adam LeBor. Talk about a book ripped from the headlines. Adam LeBor’s District VIII opens with a Prologue. It’s… Read more
Tornado Weather by Deborah E. Kennedy is an affecting portrait of a complex and flawed cast of characters striving to find fulfillment in their lives—and Kennedy brilliantly shows that there is nothing average about an average life. Tornado Weather is a difficult book to classify. Sure, there is a crime or… Read more
Inspired by true events, Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li is both a literary masterpiece and a riveting novel of suspense about of the dark chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the shape of our lives. It’s a good thing Dark Chapter is nominated for an Edgar Award… Read more
The Paris Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal is the seventh Maggie Hope Mystery, where American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope secretly navigates Nazi-occupied France to find two brave women during the darkest days of World War II. The Paris Spy is the first Maggie Hope Mystery I’ve read, and when friends… Read more
