Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

August 13, 2025

Fans of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express will want to travel with Sulari Gentill to discover her take on the historic train haunted by ghosts of the past in Five Found Dead. Australian twins Joe and Meredith Penvale board the train in Paris as an...

The Cyclist by Tim Sullivan

August 12, 2025

I am in love with DS George Cross, not as a person, but as a character in a police procedural. I have the feeling he would be an exasperating person in real life, and very difficult to work with. But, his partner, DS Josie Ottey is making progress in Tim...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Three Strikes – You’re Dead

August 11, 2025

Once again, it’s Monday and I’m halfway through two books and neither is ready for review yet. Thanks, as always, to Kevin Tipple for his review of a story collection, Three Strikes – You’re Dead. After an interesting introduction by SJ Rozan...

The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth by Barbara O’Neal

August 10, 2025

I hadn’t read one of Barbara O’Neal’s novels in a few years. Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for mentioning that The Last Letter of Rachel Ellsworth was coming out, and that she loved it. I’ve been a fan of O’Neal’s for over fifteen...

His Burial Too by Catherine Aird

August 09, 2025

Nero Wolfe has his orchids. Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan has his roses. There he is, in the middle of a complicated case in Catherine Aird’s His Burial Too, and he’s worried that his Princess Grace rose will peak before a show on Saturday. Little things...

Half Magic by Edward Eager

August 08, 2025

I wish…No, wishes don’t always turn out as expected in Edward Eager’s juvenile book Half Magic. The four children and even an understanding adult have to bumble their way through wishes before they can get the talisman to respond correctly. In the...