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Book Review: A Death in Denmark by Amulya Malladi

By Michelle Carpenter

April 20, 2023

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…

Book Review: Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni

By Jeff Ayers

April 10, 2023

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…

Surveillance Tech and the Crime Novel

By Thomas Mullen

April 3, 2023

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…

Q&A with Marie Still, author of We’re All Lying

By John Valeri

March 20, 2023

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…

Book Review: Hide by Tracy Clark

By Janet Webb

March 2, 2023

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…

Book Review: The Hunter by Jennifer Herrera

By Doreen Sheridan

February 16, 2023

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…

Book Review: A Legacy of Bones by Doug Burgess

By Doreen Sheridan

February 10, 2023

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…

Book Review: Killer Story by Matt Witten

By John Valeri

February 6, 2023

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…

Alligator Alley by Mike Lawson: Featured Excerpt

By Crime HQ

February 2, 2023

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…

Book Review: Doomed Legacy by Matt Coyle

By Doreen Sheridan

January 10, 2023

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…

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