Reviews + Articles

Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

Sometimes, Martin Edwards' notes about a book for the British Library Crime Classics are almost as interesting as the mystery itself. According to his introduction, this novel in the Crime Classics series is published now for the first time. Evidently, Lorac wrote...

Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries, ed. by Martin Edwards

I love the cover of Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries. It's one of the most recent collections from British Library Crime Classics. As always, Martin Edwards edited the collection, and wrote the introduction to this anthology of stories involving the...

Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead

If you're a fan of locked-room mysteries or Golden Age ones, you might want to try Tom Mead's debut, Death and the Conjuror. His mystery is a tribute to John Dickson Carr, and all those masters of the locked-room puzzles. It's evident he's a fan as his amateur...

Just the Way You Are by Beth Moran

Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for introducing me to Beth Moran's Just the Way You Are. This novel was just right, a positive, uplifting story of a young woman learning to love herself. And, along the way, she discovered she loved herself the most when she was...

Augusta Hawke by G.M. Malliet

I have to admit I was disappointed in G.M. Malliet's first in her new series, Augusta Hawke. I read most of the Max Tudor mysteries, some of the St. Just ones. Although Augusta is an author, this book just wasn't for me. As mystery writer Augusta Hawke narrates the...

Winners and Female Sleuths/Male Authors

Congratulations to the winners of the last giveaway. Karen K. from Marietta, GA won A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons. Meg L. from Portland, OR won Buzz Kill. The books are going out in the mail today. I have two titles by male authors this week, books that...