Kingdom Books, Mysteries - Reviews

Maine author Lea Wait's newest "Mainely Needlepoint Mystery" is a true charmer, packed with seasonal and Maine-winter detai...

She's quietly brought us four different semi-mystical cat and amateur sleuth mystery series over the past decade -- and some edgy nonf...

There's something about the on-rushing holiday season that makes a good collection of short stories especially welcome -- a way to g...

What fun to have a second mystery in the "Viv and Charlie" series from Chicago author Cheryl Honigford ! I loved her first, The ...

US cover The name J M Gulvin won't be familiar even to readers of this British/American author's long series of previous books, ...

Film buffs may be far more familiar than I was with THE FURY, released in the horror genre in 1978 (a Brian De Palma film). The recent re...

Soho Crime continues to bring remarkable international crime fiction to American readers -- and one of most enjoyable of the current serie...

US cover Sometimes the movement of a good (or great) crime novel from Europe to the United States takes a while. Then again, some of th...

The third in Paul E. Hardisty 's Claymore ("Clay") Straker series, RECONCILIATION FOR THE DEAD, is now available, and it...

If you started your Scandinavian crime fiction with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander series, Vidar...

Every now and then, a moment comes along when readers can make a huge difference in getting a good book published. This is one of them --...

Who are your favorite British mystery authors? Most readers will have one or two they quickly name. American readers may not yet have Will...

As I write this, the final episode of a serial drama on the Unabomber, a mail-using terrorist whose bombs murdered innocent unconnected pe...

I've always been tickled by those stories of really terrible criminals who set aside one part of their life in which to be nice -- eve...

After 19 mysteries set in the fictional Illinois town of Scumble River, author Denise Swanson has started a new series (her third! and th...

US cover British author Elly Griffiths provides two entirely, vastly different series of crime fiction -- and whichever series I happe...

With each new Billy Boyle crime novel from James R. Benn , I wonder again: How will this author maintain suspense, and surprise the reader...

As crime fiction author Kwei Quartey continues to develop his investigative protagonist, Chief Inspector Darko Dawson of the Ghanaian fede...

British cover Lovers of British espionage know about each new John Le Carré book long before publication. So this brief note, a few day...

Poisoned Pen Press just brought out a very new genre from long-time author Sulari Gentill , better known for her historical Australian cri...