Blog Tour: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue

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 […]

Blog Tour: The Opposite of Lonely, Doug Johnstone

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 […]

Blog Tour: Death Comes to Santa Fe, Amanda Allen

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, Qiu Xiaolong

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 […]

Blog Tour: The Wild Coast, Lin Anderson

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 […]

Blog Tour: Mirror Image, Gunnar Staalesen

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 […]