Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, the first in a new series from Walter Mosley and a prequel Charles Lenox story from Charles Finch highlight…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, M.C. Beaton pubishes a new Hamish Macbeth Mystery, and Clare Mackintosh delivers a truly chilling psychological thriller! See what…
There are few things I enjoy more than the changing of the seasons. When the leaves start to turn, I dream of roaring fires and snowflakes falling from the sky. I make sure my favorite blanket is within reach of my armchair and that the reading lamp is in working order. My fireplace may be…
M. C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth series is 27 years old, and while the mysteries have lost some steam, the hapless love life of Hamish Macbeth and the scenic highlands of Scotland still hold lots of appeal. In Death of a Kingfisher, the village of Braikie in the Scottish highlands, like everywhere else, is suffering through…
