Monday, May 29, 2017

Summer Reading Starts Today: Memorial Day 2017, with CALLED TO JUSTICE, Edith Maxwell

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The parade. The picnic. In New England, the visit to the cemetery to trim around the family plot and set some flowers or flowering plants ...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017

British Mystery to Grab Right Away, ALL OF A WINTER'S NIGHT, Phil Rickman

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If you already know the Merrily Watkins mysteries and enjoy them, don't hesitate -- go out and get a copy of ALL OF A WINTER'S NIG...

Brief Mention, CRUEL IS THE NIGHT, Karo Hämäläinen

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Did you enjoy the plot, characters, twists, and finale of Gone Girl ? If so, race to your favorite book-buying route and get a copy of th...

Henry Chang's "Chinatown Trilogy" Concludes with Book 5, LUCKY

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International mysteries pull me into new places, with intriguing histories and cultures, illuminated through the characters and their choi...

Diversion: Poetry to Stretch the Mind, with a Smile ... Adrienne Raphel, WHAT WAS IT FOR

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One of the delights of living in a rural place for a long, long time is seeing people make themselves into their dreams. When Adrienne Rap...
Sunday, May 07, 2017

Pre-World War I Mystery, Spunky Heroine: MURDER BETWEEN THE LINES, Radha Vatsal

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New this month is the second in Radha Vatsal 's Kitty Weeks mystery series, MURDER BETWEEN THE LINES, a lively traditional mystery wit...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

All About the Plot -- New Thriller from Jassy Mackenzie, BAD SEEDS

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South Africa's recent past, like Ireland's, sets it up as an ideal setting for intense conflict and heightened suspense. Jassy Mac...

Japanese Noir, Painted in Precise Detail, from Fuminori Nakamura

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The newest "Japanese noir" crime novel to arrive in the US from Fuminori Nakamura, THE BOY IN THE EARTH, begins as a slow, precise...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

Scottish Noir from T. Frank Muir, THE MEATING ROOM

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I've enjoyed the very dark and well crafted St Andrews, Scotland, mysteries of T. Frank Muir ; two of them came my way via Soho Crime ...

Exploring Immigration Through Crime Fiction, MIGUEL'S GIFT, Bruce Kading

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Bruce Kader's first novel, MIGUEL'S GIFT, takes place mostly in the 1980s -- a good way to distance the issue of illegal immigrati...
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Maine Mystery, TIGHTENING THE THREADS, from Lea Wait

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Lea Wait crafts two mystery series from her Maine home. The darker of the two is her Mainely Needlepoint series -- still an "amateur...
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Brief Mention, EXECUTIVE ORDER, Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. Clemens

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The third in the "Reeder and Rogers" government espionage series is a winner! Max Allan Collins and Matthew V. Clemens have spu...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Snappy Plotting, Smart Amateur Sleuth, in Sara Rosett's New MOTHER'S DAY, MUFFINS, AND MURDER

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Texas mystery author Sara Rosett writes both "cozy" mysteries and a "heist" series -- and she's a tight, clever wr...
Saturday, April 01, 2017

Who's Looking for an Instant Mystery Bookstore? Our Collection's Available

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Today is the official date of closing Kingdom Books as a mystery collector's paradise. When Dave and I met (and yes, we soon married)...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

If You're Missing Father Brown, Check out THE DAY OF THE LIE from William Brodrick

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American readers may not have crossed paths with British author William Brodrick before this -- but Overlook Press is bringing out the fou...

Murder in Small-Town Indiana, WHEN THE GRITS HIT THE FAN, Maddie Day

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Ready for a "cozy" mystery that keeps things stirred up but will send you to the kitchen, instead of into bad dreams? Maddie Day...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Ninth Inspector Shan (Tibet) Crime Novel from Eliot Pattison, SKELETON GOD

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Eliot Pattison 's first book in the Inspector Shan series, Skull Mantra , earned him an Edgar Award. The series has consistently grown...

World War I and the Werewolves and Priests ... Book II of Tarn Richardson's Darkest Hand Trilogy

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I swore I'd never read those crazy books that mingled crime fiction and the paranormal -- until I picked up one of John Connolly's...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Extraordinary Storytelling, Randall Silvis, TWO DAYS GONE

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Randall Silvis 's books have rolled along since 1984. Not all of them are crime fiction, but enough of them are so that I'm bewild...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Brief Mention, Ann Cleeves, RED BONES

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I've been catching up with some books I missed when they first came out, and it was a huge pleasure to pick up RED BONES by Ann Cleeve...