Kingdom Books, Mysteries - Reviews

The full-page ads in major newspaper review sections promote established mystery authors where publishers take little risk. And that's...

I never used to carry "bear spray," aka heavy-duty pepper spray, into the woods with me. Bears in New England aren't interes...

The Cold War ended, and many Americans thought the America/Russia espionage dance ended around the same time. Readers of the espionage fic...

I'm late discovering Denise Swanson -- her mysteries are already well known, and she's written many! Last September she released t...

You've got a young reader in mind, and you reach for a Nancy Drew book from the shelf -- take a moment to recall her "roadster...

Black Opal Books, a small publisher with West Coast roots, is releasing ALDO in paperback on March 24. I've been mentioning the trend ...

Highly engrossing, engaging, and unpredictable -- that's this winter's debut novel from Vermont author Kaela Coble , FRIENDS &...

Soho Crime has just added to its Japanese mysteries by publishing the debut novel of Clarissa Goenawan , RAINBIRDS. It couldn't be muc...

Exploring another place and culture through an enjoyable mystery in that setting has a long tradition -- readers have long appreciated vin...

Kathryn Harkup calls herself a "science communicator," and her book A is for Arsenic: The Pisons of Agatha Christie made quite...

What a great trend, to have European mysteries being translated at a newly rapid pace to bring fresh settings and attitudes to American re...

The moment I opened the American publication of R. J. Ellory 's THE DEVIL AND THE RIVER, I knew I was hooked. Although I spread my rea...

It's a small world, true enough. But in the world of mystery fiction, it's also a very wide world with more good books and skilled...

There's a new-ish trend among university presses that's fascinating to observe: an urge to publish fiction, including thrillers an...

Coupled with the title, the cover on Carter Wilson 's fifth book, MISTER TENDER'S GIRL, scared me -- in fact, I found the combo so...

I'm a major fan of Mick Herron 's " Slow Horses" espionage novels . They're British and embedded in the classic MI5 ...

Nothing is simple in Mark Winkler' s crime fiction -- least of all the motivation of the protagonist. In MY NAME IS NATHAN LUCIUS (his...

Sometimes books arrive here for review after they've already been released -- and KILLING PACE is one of those. I wasn't wild abou...

Last year's mystery from Randall Silvis was Two Days Gone , a superb work of compelling suspense that tested the impact of once-in-a-...

Wow! I really liked Jonathan Moore's mystery from last year, The Dark Room . And I figured I'd enjoy the 2018 book, which was al...