Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes When blog tour organizer Tracy Fenton from Compulsive Readers invited her blogging cohort to read the entire series of DI Ben Kitto books by Kate Rhodes, a mystery series set in the Scilly Isles […]
Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Blog Tour September 11, 2023 This book is brilliantly conceived and executed, but it is not for everyone. It is essentially a first-person memoir of a Nigerian immigrant to India who becomes a drug dealer. The plot is […]
Book Review: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Mystery: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour September 8, 2023 There is not necessarily any reason why the title of a novel should tell you much about the content of the story. Often there […]
Book Review: The Raging Storm, The Two Rivers Series Book 3, Ann Cleeves Mystery: The Raging Storm, The Two Rivers Series Book 3, Ann Cleeves Blog Tour September 1, 2023 Matthew Venn and his team are summoned to investigate the death of a local celebrity. Jem Rosco had made a name for himself as a […]
Book Review: Death Comes to Santa Fe, A Santa Fe Revival Mystery Book 3, Amanda Allen Mystery: Death Comes to Santa Fe, A Santa Fe Revival Mystery Book 3, Amanda Allen Madeline (Maddie) Vaughn-Alwin feels like her new life is everything she dreamed of when she came to Santa Fe. Widowed after a very short marriage, […]
Book Review: Red Mandarin Dress, Inspector Chen Book 5, Qiu Xiaolong Mystery: Red Mandarin Dress, Inspector Chen Book 5, Qiu Xiaolong Inspector Chen is often assigned politically sensitive cases. In communist China, those cases can make or break careers, depending less on the arrest of the criminal and more on the inspector’s ability […]
Book Review: The Wild Coast, Rhona MacLeod Book 17, Lin Anderson Thriller: The Wild Coast, Rhona MacLeod Book 17, Lin Anderson Blog Tour August 14, 2023 Forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod is on her way home to Glasgow when her trip is interrupted by the discovery of a shallow grave along the coast. A young […]
Book Review: Mirror Image, A Varg Veum Novel, Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett Mystery/Thriller: Mirror Image, A Varg Veum Novel, Gunnar Staalesen, translated by Don Bartlett Blog Tour August 9, 2023 Norwegian private investigator Varg Veum is approached by a woman whose sister and brother-in-law are missing. She is reluctant to contact the […]
