A politician is killed, and a man is convicted, and then years later someone begins to upend the entire case. That someone is a private investigator dripping in sarcasm and Christian Dior who sets the stage for A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi. Gabriel Præst is a former Danish policeman, current PI, musician and…
Whether it’s crime fiction in the style of Michael Connelly or a legal thriller like John Grisham writes, Robert Dugoni is the grandmaster of them both. His Tracy Crosswhite police series has been breaking sales records, and Dugoni’s latest, Her Deadly Game, launches a new legal series that will surely be another bestseller. Keera Duggan…
We love detectives in fiction for the same reason we’d hate them in real life: They’re always watching. Standing out in the dark and peering through the window to spy an adulterous couple. Keeping tabs on the powerful to report their corrupt acts. Trailing the murder suspect to watch him return to the scene of…
Marie Still’s story is a familiar one and yet entirely her own. She spent her youth obsessing over words, imaginary characters, and the darkness that unites them. Then, after college, she did the pragmatic thing and got a job—or a series of them—that would afford her financial security while still allowing her to work with…
Chicago is where mystery writer Tracy Clark lives. She stands tall on the shoulders of earlier Black detective authors saying simply, “These black writers, these pioneers, did the heavy lifting.” Clark is too modest—she’s a pretty decent heavy lifter herself. I reviewed Runner, the fourth in Clark’s Chicago Mystery series, in 2021. Hide again takes…
After NYPD Detective Leigh O’Donnell explodes her career, her marriage and her life, she’s left trying to figure out a way to pick up the pieces and get everything back to when she used to be happy. Her brother Ronan breaks through her wine-drinking haze to offer her an opportunity investigating the unusual deaths of…
I can’t believe this effortlessly classic murder mystery isn’t part of a series, and sincerely hope it soon will be! Winnie Te Papa is cultural director for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, but is well known throughout the islands for her wisdom and, more importantly, kindness. Though she’s getting on in years, her mind is…
Matt Witten is a dynamic force in the world of crime fiction. In addition to his contributions as a novelist (Breakfast at Madeline’s won the Malice Domestic award for best debut novel, and The Necklace has been optioned for film), Witten is a TV writer, playwright, and screenwriter. His television credits include House, Pretty Little…
Chapter 1 The Everglades—at midnight—was the last place twenty-three-year-old Andie Moore wanted to be. There was only a pale half-moon providing any light, and she could barely see where she was walking. She was also terrified of snakes and alligators, and there was no doubt that there were alligators all around her. She knew this…
Private investigator Rick Cahill has made plenty of changes to his life since settling down in San Diego with his beloved wife Leah and their fourteen-month-old daughter Krista. As a concession to Leah’s decision to move from where her design business is based in Santa Barbara, Rick has tried to keep his work desk-bound, so…
