Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

July 13, 2022

Sometimes, Martin Edwards’ notes about a book for the British Library Crime Classics are almost as interesting as the mystery itself. According to his introduction, this novel in the Crime Classics series is published now for the first time. Evidently, Lorac...

Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead

July 11, 2022

If you’re a fan of locked-room mysteries or Golden Age ones, you might want to try Tom Mead’s debut, Death and the Conjuror. His mystery is a tribute to John Dickson Carr, and all those masters of the locked-room puzzles. It’s evident he’s a...

Just the Way You Are by Beth Moran

July 10, 2022

Thanks to Kaye Wilkinson Barley for introducing me to Beth Moran’s Just the Way You Are. This novel was just right, a positive, uplifting story of a young woman learning to love herself. And, along the way, she discovered she loved herself the most when she was...

Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac

June 26, 2022

Sometimes, a traditional mystery from the British Library Crime Classics series is perfect in troubled times. E.C.R. Lorac’s Fell Murder, set in Lunsedale, just south of the Lake District in England, introduces Chief Inspector Macdonald from Scotland Yard. Yes,...

The Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards

June 04, 2022

If I had read the previous seven Lake District mysteries, perhaps I might have appreciated Martin Edwards’ The Girl They All Forgot. However, even for readers of the series, the seven year gap between books may have left them scrambling to catch up. I...