Book Review: Enigma of China, Qiu Xiaolong

Book Review: Enigma of China, Inspector Chen Book 8, Qiu Xiaolong Mystery: Enigma of China, Inspector Chen Book 8, Qiu Xiaolong   Zhou Keng is a “princeling,” the son of a high-ranking party official who has himself risen to a high position. Under investigation for corruption, Keng has been taken by party investigators to a local […]

Blog Tour: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, William Savage

Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Blog Tour March 8, 2023   Having now read a couple of the books in this series, I can confirm that I am […]

Blog Tour: The Hand that Feeds You, Mercedes Rosende

Book Review: The Hand that Feeds You, Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge Mystery: The Hand that Feeds You, Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge Blog Tour March 1, 2023   Part of the delight of reading is the travel it allows. I really intended to either have a career that took me around the […]

Blog Tour: City of Fear, Sean O’Leary

Book Review: City of Fear, Carter Thompson Mysteries Book 2, Sean O’Leary Mystery: City of Fear, Carter Thompson Mysteries Book 2, Sean O’Leary   Author’s choices fascinate me. Some stories feel complete. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is the tried and true method, the way we were taught in school. […]

Blog Tour: Black as She’s Painted, William Savage

Book Review: Black as She’s Painted, An Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mystery, William Savage Historical Fiction/Mystery: Black as She’s Painted, An Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mystery, William Savage Blog Tour February 10, 2023   Black as She’s Painted is an absolutely delightful mystery set in the Norwich, England of many long years ago. Part of a series […]

Blog Tour: Final Term, Leigh Russell

Book Review: Final Term, A Geraldine Steel Mystery, Leigh Russell Mystery: Final Term, A Geraldine Steel Mystery, Leigh Russell Blog Tour February 6, 2023   Cassie is trouble and troubled. A teenager with more issues than a daily newspaper, she is pretty enough and bold enough to manipulate boys into giving her what she wants. […]

Blog Tour: Expectant, Vanda Symon

Book Review: Expectant, A Sam Shephard Thriller Book 5, Vanda Symon Mystery: Expectant, A Sam Shephard Thriller Book 5, Vanda Symon Blog Tour February 3, 2023   When a young pregnant woman near her delivery date is savagely murdered on the streets of Dunedin and her baby taken from its mother’s womb, Detective Sam Shephard is less […]