The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood

May 02, 2022

If you enjoyed Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, you’ll want to try Robert Thorogood’s The Marlow Murder Club. They’re nothing at all alike. The connection comes with the amateur sleuths who are often overlooked by other people. Then...

All the Queen’s Men by S.J. Bennett

March 07, 2022

Sometimes, the second book in s series doesn’t live up to the first one. That’s not the case with S.J. Bennett’s second Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery, All the Queen’s Men. For some reason, I found the mystery and the characters...

An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn

February 15, 2022

Even with the seventh book in the Veronica Speedwell series, Deanna Raybourn is still able to surprise the reader. For that matter, An Impossible Impostor manages to shock the unflappable Veronica as well. In April 1889, Veronica and Stoker, the natural historian,...

The Librarian Always Rings Twice by Marty Wingate

January 30, 2022

The third book in Marty Wingate’s First Edition Library mystery series, The Librarian Always Rings Twice, is an intriguing story that includes an homage to Daphne du Maurier’s Frenchman’s Creek and an enviable collection of Golden Age Mysteries. But,...

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

January 24, 2022

Janice Hallett’s debut novel, The Appeal, is unlike any epistolary novel you’ve read. Even the title has several meanings. And, the story itself? Don’t believe anything until you get to the end of the book. All you can do is guess with the clues...