Thursday, November 20, 2025

Two Memorable Crime Novels for Winter Reading: Con Lehane's THE RED SCARE and Cara Black's HUGUETTE (December Releases)

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New York City in 1950 held neighborhoods far more separate than they are today: From Hell's Kitchen, where Mick Mulligan is starting his...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Three Kinds of Crime Fiction/Mystery, 3 Settings: Hamburg, Fiji, Maine

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Catching up a bit ... I picked up HAMBURG NOIR over the summer, as it had an August release date. Part of the top-notch and provocative Akas...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Brief Mention: THE NAMING OF THE BIRDS by Paraic O'Donnell

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I found Paraic O'Donnell's two earlier books, The Maker of Swans and The House on Vesper Sands , so compelling that I've shelve...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Scottish Noir, THE DIARY OF LIES by Philip Miller (3rd Shona Sandison Book)

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Beach reading is wrapping up -- it's time for substantial and satisfying crime fiction to go with the hints of autumn rolling in. And th...
Saturday, August 09, 2025

New Billy Boyle World War II Mystery, A BITTER WIND, by James Benn

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About six weeks from now, the latest World War II mystery featuring Captain Billy Boyle comes out. That seems like a long time in terms of w...
Sunday, August 03, 2025

Suicide or Murder? Frankie and Her Allies Hunt Answers in FINE YOUNG PEOPLE by Anna Bruno

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High school suicide destroys much more than the student who dies — it marks an entire community with grief, anger, and questions. In her las...

Football? FBI? Woman Taking Risks? and Southern! Dip Into MISSISSIPPI BLUE 42, by Eli Cranor

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Eli Cranor moves toward the middle of the field, away from some of the gore and violence of  Don't Know Tough, Ozark Dogs,  and  Broiler...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Crime Fiction, or Science Fiction? Eric Rickstad's REMOTE: THE FIVE (The Remote Series Book 2)

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It's rare that a publisher and author can dance their calendars so well that book 2 in a series is published before you've lost the ...