Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert

January 06, 2025

I was looking forward to Victoria Gilbert’s Schooled in Murder. It’s the first in the new Campus Sleuth Mystery series. And, it’s set in the same world as her Blue Ridge Library Mysteries. But, this one is definitely for readers who are looking for...

Murder at the College Library by Con Lehane

March 05, 2024

Con Lehane’s amateur sleuth, Raymond Ambler, crime fiction curator at New York City’s 42nd Street Library, steps out of his comfort zone in the latest in the series, Murder at the College Library. There’s nothing gentle about academic politics, and...

The Skeleton Paints a Picture by Leigh Perry

July 03, 2023

Most of you know I’m getting ready to move in September, so you never know what book I might review as I’m going through piles. Leigh Perry’s The Skeleton Paints a Picture is six years old, but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about it. How...

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

October 31, 2022

Tomorrow may be release day, but Halloween is actually the perfect day to introduce Katy Hays’ debut novel, The Cloisters. The setting, The Met’s museum, The Cloisters, celebrates medieval architecture, gardens of the Middle Ages, and the art of the...

The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections by Eva Jurczyk

January 25, 2022

While Eva Jurczyk’s debut novel is called The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, it could have just as easily been called The Department of Missing Books and Special Librarians. First there’s one missing book. Then a missing librarian. Then...