The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

September 21, 2020

“Killing someone is easy. hiding the body, now, that’s usually the hard part.” It’s even harder to keep that killing a secret when The Thursday Murder Club takes an interest. In his funny, sometimes poignant debut mystery, Richard Osman...

The Killings at Kingfisher Hall by Sophie Hannah

September 13, 2020

I love the cover of Sophie Hannah’s fourth Hercule Poirot mystery, The Killings at Kingfisher Hall. However, I’m not the target audience. I found it tedious to spend the first five chapters of the book traveling with Poirot on a bus from London to Surrey....

Frozen by Ann Cleeves

September 02, 2020

Ann Cleeves’ ninth Vera Stanhope mystery, The Darkest Evening, is due out next Tuesday, Sept. 8. If you haven’t yet met Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope, you can pick up the short story “Frozen”, for free on Amazon for a Kindle. Very smart...

The House on Widows Hill by Simon R. Green

August 30, 2020

There’s just something about Simon R. Green’s Ishmael Jones mysteries that appeals to me. Green’s mysteries are as close to horror as I get. The House on Widows Hill, the ninth in the series, is a combination of mystery, aliens, murder, and the...

The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves

August 05, 2020

In preparation for the September 8 release of Ann Cleeves’ new Vera Stanhope mystery, The Darkest Evening, I went back to the beginning of the series. While Vera was formally introduced in part 2 of The Crow Trap, she makes a typical Vera Stanhope appearance...