Death at a Country Mansion by Louise R. Innes

November 30, 2020

I love a mystery series debut. Death at a Country Mansion by Louise R. Innes introduces a socially savvy, intelligent amateur sleuth in Daisy Thorne. As the hair stylist/owner of Ooh La La hair salon in Edgemead, England, she knows all the villagers, and has the right...

Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

October 14, 2020

I have a fellow librarian to thank for the discovery of Nathan Dylan Goodwin’s mystery series featuring forensic genealogist Morton Farrier. Hiding the Past will interest fans of genealogical mysteries and those interested in cold cases. The combination of a...

Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons by James Lovegrove

October 11, 2020

James Lovegrove is the author of new Sherlock Holmes adventures, the Lovecraft/Doyle inspired Cthulhu Casebooks, and tie-in fiction for the Firefly TV series and movie, along with other novels. His latest, Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons, is a...

A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber

October 06, 2020

Anna Lee Huber’s fourth Verity Kent mystery, A Pretty Deceit, takes place just weeks after Penny for Your Secrets. This historical series is definitely one that invites readers to read it in order. Those who haven’t read previous books might be a...

The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

September 28, 2020

While Ann Cleeves always makes a reader feel sympathy for the victim, in this latest Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening, it was Vera who moved me. She has never seemed so vulnerable, so lonely. Even her team recognized that this case was personal for Vera,...