The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman

June 02, 2024

Katharine Schellman’s third Nightingale mystery, The Last Note of Warning, is as gripping as the previous two in the series. The books all capture the atmosphere and grittiness of life for the working class in 1920s New York City. There’s glamour in the...

The Diva Goes Overboard by Krista Davis

May 25, 2024

There are so many aspects of Krista Davis’ Domestic Diva cozies that I enjoy. As in previous books, she has a list of characters in The Diva Goes Overboard. (Yay, I think all books with over ten characters should do this.) Because I’ve read almost all the...

Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay

February 12, 2024

Jenn McKinlay brings so many fun elements together in her latest Library Lover’s Mystery, Fatal First Edition. There’s a murder on a train with a closed group of suspects, a cameo appearance from Kate Carlisle’s book restorer character, Brooklyn...

The Sign of Four Spirits by Vicki Delany

February 11, 2024

I’m a fan of Vicki Delany’s Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries, and her amateur sleuth, Gemma Doyle. Although Gemma is on the periphery of the scene when the murder occurs in The Sign of Four Spirits, she works her unofficial investigation, using her...

The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W.F. Harvey

December 09, 2023

Originally published in 1934, W.F. Harvey’s The Mysterious Mr. Badman: A Yorkshire Bibliomystery is a recent entry in the British Library Crime Classics. Martin Edwards writes the introduction for this lighthearted, humorous mystery. Athelstan Digby is on...