The Murder Show by Matt Goldman

April 15, 2025

If you recognize Matt Goldman’s name as an author, it may be from his Nils Shapiro private detective novels. And, Nils even appears in Goldman’s latest, The Murder Show. However, this book features two characters who knew each other in their teens, and...

Lethal Prey by John Sandford

March 26, 2025

While I read the Lucas and Letty Davenport novels, the Prey novels featuring Davenport and Virgil Flowers are my favorites. Lethal Prey has a smart killer, and all the witticisms you expect from the two protagonists. And, it’s a cold case, which I love. In 2003,...

A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry

June 18, 2024

Connie Berry’s fifth Kate Hamilton mystery, A Collection of Lies, combines some of my favorite elements, a cold case, a contemporary murder investigation, and a drowned village. Kate Hamilton and her new husband, Tom Mallory, aren’t on the usual honeymoon...

Hope to Die by Cara Hunter

June 11, 2024

I can’t praise Cara Hunter’s sixth DI Adam Fawley crime novel enough. Hope to Die is everything a police procedural should be, with a solid team of police officers, a thoughtful lead, and a complex case that contains twists even up until the last chapter....

Blood Red Summer by Eryk Pruitt

May 11, 2024

In the sequel to Something Bad Wrong, true crime podcaster Jess Keeler learns what can go wrong when you lose control of everything, the story you want to tell, and even your family life. Blood Red Summer is the story of the events of the summer of 1984 in Lake...