Kingdom Books, Mysteries - Reviews

Australian Garry Disher writes two series of mysteries that I follow closely: his very dark and violent Wyatt group, where the protagonist...

Margaret Yorke, photo by Jerry Bauer In all the sweet chaos of the holiday season (which increasingly seems to stretch from the week bef...

The best part of January can be the new books coming out to greet 2013 -- and since the holidays are done, most likely the next book purch...

US cover Scottish noir? Crime fiction fans know it's been around for a while; from William McIlvanney to Ian Rankin to Denise Mina ...

Why isn't Barbara Cleverly more famous? She's a top-notch writer with meticulous pacing and a deep and likeable detective Joe Sand...

Gala Mystery Night, New England Mobile Book Fair [all photos by Dave Kanell] Last night (Thurs. Dec. 6), the New England Mobile Book F...

Joanne Fluke has neatly tied up the major market in "cozy" mysteries with a cooking twist -- her Hannah Swenson series includes ...

Dave and I have both written about Australian author Garry Disher's books . There are two crime series to follow, among Disher's m...

Life gets complicated. And tough. And challenging. So, thank goodness for Carla Neggers. In her three or four active suspense series, I ...

Steve Liskow 's 2012 thriller CHERRY BOMB gave me some uneasy moments in a nice little motel in Virginia in October, as I devoured the...

UK cover on left; US cover on right. The first three Irish crime novels from Stuart Neville -- The Ghost of Belfast, Collusion, and Sto...

I was a bit late getting around to reading THE OTHER WOMAN, which came out at the start of September. But what a great read this book is! ...

It's a delight to see New York Times crime fiction reviewer Marilyn Stasio select Archer Mayor's newest book -- again! -- to be am...

We had a moment of confusion here at Kingdom Books the other evening, as I made ecstatic sounds on the couch while reading CRASHED, the ne...

Ephemera today. This " I LIKE PIKE"  pin was handed out in 2011 at the Bouchercon Mystery Conference in  St. Louis, Mo in 2011...

Things at Kingdom Books have been wildly busy this week, so I haven't posted as many recaps of Dilys winners as I'd hoped to this...

There is actually a drawback to the phenomenal success and sales of each new Michael Connelly crime novel: Readers are always looking ahe...

Who would have guessed that amateur sleuth and bail bondswoman Stephanie Plum would still be arriving, fresh and funny, on our bookshelves...

John Dunning was born in 1942, and began receiving awards for his writing in 1981. His Dilys Award, however, didn't arrive until 1993,...

Actually, it all started with a group of bookstore owners -- the ones who specialize in mysteries and who formed IMBA, the Independent Myste...