Down the Broken Road by J. R. Backlund is the second mystery starring Rachel Carver, the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation Agent turned legal investigator. Then she heard something that made her freeze. The air conditioner had stopped. There was the Doppler effect of a car passing by on the… Read more
A Murder by Any Name by Suzanne M. Wolfe is the first book in the Elizabethan Spy historical mystery series, where a brutal murder threatens the sanctity of the Elizabethan court, and it’s up to a hot-tempered spy to save the day. Nicholas Holt—dissolute youngest son of a noble family, owner of… Read more
The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul by Dacre Stoker & J.D. Barker is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula’s true origins but Bram Stoker’s—and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them. The peculiarities of Ellen Crone…. Read more
Treacherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber is the second book in the Verity Kent series, set in 1919 England in the shadow of The Great War. Picking up a month after the events of This Side of Murder, the first Verity Kent novel, Treacherous Is the Night finds the… Read more
A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd is the 10th book in the Bess Crawford series, where Bess Crawford finds herself caught in deadly circumstances on a remote Welsh headland after the end of the Great War. The Great War has officially ended for Bess Crawford, nursing Sister and frequent sleuth. But her… Read more
The Devil’s Wind by Steve Goble is the second book in the Spider John Mystery series, a historical mystery that blends nautical adventure in pirate waters with a locked-room murder mystery, featuring a pirate sleuth whose wits are as sharp as his blade. The shot had come from within Captain Brentwood’s cabin…. Read more
An Act of Villainy by Ashley Weaver is the fifth book in the Amory Ames Mystery series, set in 1930s London and filled with style, banter, and twists that traditional mystery fans will positively relish. It’s 1930s London, and socialite sleuth Amory Ames and her playboy husband, Milo, find themselves pulled… Read more
City of Ink by Elsa Hart is the third book in the Li Du series set in 18th-century China. What begins as a seemingly straightforward crime of passion quickly tangles into a massive knot of government intrigue and personal danger in 18th-century Beijing. Li Du—erstwhile imperial librarian, former exile, and now… Read more
Twenty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln has spent his entire adult life running from his past―from the poverty of the dirt-floor log cabin where he was raised, from the dominion of his uneducated father, and from a failed early courtship—but in Final Resting Place, Lincoln’s past is racing back to haunt him. Suddenly,… Read more
A casual outing to the Crystal Palace in London takes a mysterious and murderous turn in The Corpse at the Crystal Palace, the 23rd mystery in Carola Dunn’s beloved Daisy Dalrymple series. “Mrs. Gilpin?” Pause. “Is anyone there?” Still no response. Daisy’s suppressed irritation gave way to alarm. Slowly she pushed… Read more
