One Half Truth by Eva Dolan

July 17, 2021

While I love police procedurals, the sixth book in Eva Dolan’s award-winning Zigac and Ferreira series, One Half Truth, is a little too step-by-step even for me. However, it’s an excellent story involving British social issues. Anyone who has followed the...

The Art of Betrayal by Connie Berry

June 08, 2021

Now that I loved Connie Berry’s third mystery, The Art of Betrayal, I can make an admission. While my sister and I were both impressed with her debut mystery, A Dream of Death, we both felt the second one, A Legacy of Murder, did not live up to expectations....

Secret Mischief by Robin Blake

May 03, 2021

Secret Mischief is the seventh book in Robin Blake’s Cragg & Fidelis historical mystery series, but it really doesn’t matter if you haven’t read the previous six books. The author introduces Titus Cragg, a lawyer and coroner, along with Dr. Luke...

Telling Tales by Ann Cleeves

April 24, 2021

All those books in my place, and one Saturday I couldn’t find anything I wanted to read. I really wanted a traditional mystery because I had just watched “Agatha Christie’s England” on PBS. So, I turned to Ann Cleeves and the second Vera...

The Sign of Death by Callie Hutton

April 12, 2021

Callie Hutton’s The Sign of Death picks up exactly where A Study in Murder leaves off. If you haven’t read the first one, I definitely recommend it before picking up the second Victorian Book Club mystery. The characters in the humorous historical mystery...