Reviews + Articles
Trace by Archer Mayor
The latest Joe Gunther novel isn’t really about Joe Gunther. But, Archer Mayor’s Trace is an outstanding police procedural that keeps the series fresh and interesting. This time, the story focuses on Gunther’s team while he himself takes a...
Missing persons by Michael Brandman
Michael Brandman is not only the author of three Jesse Stone novels, based on Robert B. Parker’s character, he also produced and co-wrote nine Jesse Stone movies. Now, he’s launching his own laconic lawman, Buddy Steel, in Missing Persons. Buddy...
Protocol by Kathleen Valenti
Admissions right up front, so you can take my review with a grain of salt. Read Kathleen Valenti’s debut novel Protocol if the subject matter interests you. I’m not a fan of scientific/medical thrillers. My eyes glaze over when there are...
Season of Sacrifice by Bharti Kirchner
Asian-American private investigator Maya Mallick makes her first appearance in Bharti Kirchner’s Season of Sacrifice. And, the opening scene of the book is unforgettable. Maya has just opened the Seattle branch of a successful all-women boutique detective...
What Are You Reading?
I’ll never catch up with my friend, Kaye Wilkinson Barley. She’s been reading about Paris for months. But, I’m a third of a way through John Baxter’s forthcoming book, Montparnasse: Paris’s District of Memory and Desire....
Winners and Contest News
Congratulations to the winners of the last contest. The copies of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express will go to Steve G. from Ashland, OH and Karen R. from Katy, TX. I’m sending them out today. And, if you haven’t read the book, you...