Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

April 12, 2022

I picked up Peter Swanson’s Nine Lives because everything I read about it mentioned Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. I can see that it’s a riff off the classic. I’ll admit, though, by the time the characters were killed off in Nine...

The Investigator by John Sandford

April 11, 2022

If you’ve read John Sandford’s novels about Lucas Davenport, you’ve undoubtedly read about his adopted daughter, Letty. Her experiences as a child are rehashed in The Investigator, so even if you don’t remember her, or never read a Lucas...

Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony

March 27, 2022

Joyce St. Anthony debuts a new series, the Homefront News mysteries, with Front Page Murder. It’s set in May 1942 as the Pennsylvania homefront is still gearing up for World War II. And, women have taken the place of men in some of the jobs in Progress, PA....

Kevin’s Corner Annex – the Last Second Chance

March 18, 2022

Kevin Tipple has an eclectic taste in crime fiction, but, as a resident of Texas, he has a fondness for mysteries that take place in that state. Here’s his review of The Last Second Chance by Jim Nesbitt. The Last Second Chance   An Ed Earl Burch...

The Red Canoe by Wayne Johnson

March 14, 2022

Bleak, Melancholy. Depressing at times. Brutal. But, let’s face it. So many Indigenous people don’t have a great deal of hope or opportunities. And, we don’t always treat them kindly. That’s an understatement in Wayne Johnson’s moving...