Book Review: A Flash of Red, Sarah K. Stephens Mystery: A Flash of Red, Sarah K. Stephens Psychology professor Anna Kline has secrets. Her mother is institutionalized permanently with a mental illness that is virtually unresponsive to treatment. Anna is beginning to wonder whether she is experiencing the beginning stages of a similar […]
Book Review: The Distant Dead, Heather Young Mystery: The Distant Dead, Heather Young Blog Tour March 31, 2021 Some books explode off the page, igniting each chapter with action and adventure, clues and thrills, rising body counts and passionate acts of love. The Distant Dead, by contrast, smolders. Like the proverbial frog […]
Book Review: A Beautiful Breed of Evil, DI Stella Cole Book 5, Andy Maslen Thriller: A Beautiful Breed of Evil, DI Stella Cole Book 5, Andy Maslen Blog Tour March 29, 2021 DI Stella Cole finds herself in an usual state: contentment. Her relationship with her boyfriend is nearing the point where the “L” word […]
Book Review: Secret Places, Heather Peck Mystery: Secret Places, Heather Peck Blog Tour March 26, 2021 Certain genres seem to lend themselves to a formulaic approach. Mysteries and police procedurals have their tropes: the grizzled investigator who has terrible relationships, the hardened criminal who is clearly guilty but hoping to magically escape judgment, […]
Book Review: Murder at the Mela, Leela Soma Mystery: Murder at the Mela, Leela Soma Blog Tour March 19, 2021 Alok Patel is a newly minted DI, promoted to lead investigations from Glasgow West End Station. As the first DI from Asian descent, he is very aware that he faces pressures from many directions. […]
Book Review: Nighthawks, Stephen Connor Mystery Book 2, Lambert Nagle Mystery/Thriller: Nighthawks, Stephen Connor Mystery Book 2, Lambert Nagle Blog Tour March 10, 2021 Stephen Connor’s boss does not like him. She especially doesn’t like that the Metropolitan Police Department, aka Scotland Yard, has made him a literal poster boy on their recruitment brochures. This means […]
Book Review: The Accused Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 7, Paul Austin Ardoin Mystery: The Accused Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 7, Paul Austin Ardoin Publication Date March 11, 2021 Last week county coroner Fenway Stevenson learned her mother was not the person she thought she was. Living on the run for decades, she had changed her […]
Book Review: Sandman, A DI Gillian Marsh Mystery, Anna Legat Mystery: Sandman, A DI Gillian Marsh Mystery, Anna Legat Blog Tour March 3, 2021 This is not your formulaic, police-procedural mystery. In fact, it is easy to forget that this is a mystery at all, until nearing the final chapters. I’m almost reminded more […]
Book Review: The Last Witch, A Seacross Mystery, Sabina Gabrielli Carrara Mystery: The Last Witch, A Seacross Mystery, Sabina Gabrielli Carrara Blog Tour February 26, 2021 I don’t think I ever appreciated just how dangerous rural Ireland could be until recently, but after coincidentally reading several mysteries from Irish-based writers, I am beginning to have a […]
