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Small Town

Book Review: Dragonfly Summer by J. H. Moncrieff

By Doreen Sheridan

December 1, 2022

Jo Carter is middle-aged and resigned to a life of mediocrity in public relations for a small New York City museum, after a once promising career as a journalist. That all changes after an unusual letter arrives that turns everything upside down for her. Back in high school, her best friend Sam Kennedy had abruptly…

The More They Disappear by Jesse Donaldson

The More They Disappear: New Excerpt

By Jesse Donaldson

July 29, 2016

The More They Disappear by Jesse Donaldson takes us to the front lines of the battle against small-town drug abuse in an unnerving tale of addiction, loss, and the battle to overcome the darkest parts of ourselves (Available August 2, 2016). When long-serving Kentucky sheriff Lew Mattock is murdered by a confused, drug-addicted teenager, chief deputy Harlan…

South of Nowhere: New Excerpt

By Minerva Koenig

January 28, 2016

South of Nowhere by Minerva Koenig is a Julia Kalas Mystery that finds our heroine traveling from small-town Texas to Mexico on the trail of a missing persons case, while a murder charge yields a warrant for her arrest (Available February 2, 2016). Julia Kalas has found a place for herself in small-town Texas. After…

The Crooked House: New Excerpt

By Christobel Kent

January 6, 2016

The Crooked House by Christobel Kent  is a psychological thriller that sends Alison back to her hometown to try and overcome the trauma of a terrible tragedy that took the lives of her family and left her the only survivor, but for some reason, the whole town seems suspect (Available January 12, 2016). Much…

Blood Red: New Excerpt

By Wendy Corsi Staub

October 4, 2015

Blood Red by Wendy Corsi Staub is the first thriller in a new series set in Mundy's Landing, a picturesque town in New York's Hudson Valley with an unsolved murderous past (available September 29, 2015). The razor's gleaming blade slices effortlessly through skin and tendon, and he relishes the final anguished moments of his prey.…

The Drowning Ground: New Excerpt

By James Marrison

August 22, 2015

The Drowning Ground is the debut mystery by James Marrison set in a tranquil English town and focused on Detective Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes (available August 25, 2015). For two decades after being forced to leave his native Argentina, Detective Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes has sought tranquility in the orderly life of the English Cotswolds.…

Fresh Meat: Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec

By Scott Adlerberg

June 30, 2015

Death in Brittany by Jean-Luc Bannalec marks the debut of the internationally best-selling procuedural series featuring the coffee-loving Commissaire Georges Dupin who's just relocated from Paris to a quaint coastal town (available June 30, 2015). When it comes to crime, I read noir stuff primarily. Speaking broadly, I read a lot of crime fiction from…

Fresh Meat: A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander

By Kerry Hammond

June 29, 2015

A Batter of Life and Death by Ellie Alexander is the second book in the Bakeshop Mystery series featuring baker Jules Capshaw in her hometown of Ashland, Oregon (available June 30, 2015). Reality TV meets cozy mystery, with a little bit of murder thrown in. The town of Ashland is known for its Oregon Shakespeare…

Fresh Meat: Flame Out by M.P. Cooley

By John Jacobson

June 1, 2015

Flame Out by M.P. Cooley is the 2nd small-town mystery featuring FBI-agent-turned-local-cop June Lyons set in Hopewell Falls, NY (available June 2, 2015). Where and when are more than just integral parts to a news story – they’re also integral parts to an investigation. In this case, the ‘what’ is M.P. Cooley’s sophomore novel Flame…

James Norton as Sidney Chambers in Grantchester Episode 4.

Grantchester 1.04

By Leslie Gilbert Elman

February 9, 2015

Our hero, Canon Sidney Chambers (James Norton) begins this episode by rescuing a woman from a burning building. He does this in his pajamas, thanks to Dickens, his faithful puppy sidekick, waking Sidney from a sound sleep by barking an alarm. All in a day’s work for Clergy-man. Soon after, while Sidney delivers a sermon…

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