Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death by Amita Murray

October 25, 2021

Full disclosure. I did the cover reveal for Amita Murray’s Arya Winters and the Tiramisu of Death. I’ve known about the book since Agora Press/Polis Books was negotiating for the American rights to it. It was described to me as a macabre cozy, and even the...

Over My Dead Body by Jeffrey Archer

October 24, 2021

All these years after his wonderful first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, Jeffrey Archer is still one of the best storytellers in the business. The fourth book in the William Warwick series wasn’t quite what I expected, And, I’m going to say...

In the Crypt with a Candlestick by Daisy Waugh

October 16, 2021

Great cover. Great title. That’s all that’s great about Daisy Waugh’s In the Crypt with a Candlestick. I thought it was just me, that I didn’t get the British sense of humor. But, when I looked up reviews after I finished the book, there were...

The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman

September 27, 2021

If you read and loved Richard Osman’s debut, The Thursday Murder Club, as I did, you’ll be happy to see The Man Who Died Twice. The follow-up brings back the primary characters from the previous mystery. The story is just as witty, just as intriguing. And,...

Buried Memories by Simon R. Green

September 21, 2021

“Call me Ishmael. Ishmael Jones.” Ishmael Jones is an alien whose starship crashed in a small English country town in 1963. For nine previous books, Simon R. Green has sent Jones to chase monsters and mysteries as Jones’ own past slowly revealed...