A Brush with Death by Ali Carter

July 10, 2018

Fans of “Downton Abbey” and books involving the rich British upper-class may enjoy Ali Carter’s debut mystery, A Brush with Death. I found it a little too detailed and slow-paced for my taste, but those who enjoy all the details of English grand...

A Shimmer of Hummingbirds by Steve Burrows

April 16, 2018

It takes a little time to figure out what’s happening in Steve Burrows’ fourth Birder Murder Mystery, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds. I hadn’t read the previous books in the series, so I don’t know the relationships. Burrows won the 2015 Arthur...

Date with Malice by Julia Chapman

April 03, 2018

I’ll date myself by saying the duo in this book will remind you of “Moonlighting”. Julia Chapman’s Date with Malice, the second in a series, is a suspenseful, humorous mystery set in the Yorkshire Dales community of Bruncliffe. You might not...

Murder at Half Moon Gate by Andrea Penrose

March 27, 2018

An emphasis on change and the Industrial Revolution doesn’t necessarily mean a book is steampunk. Andrea Penrose’s Murder at Half Moon Gate is an intriguing Regency mystery set in London. But, one element in the book is the patent for a mechanical...

The Magic Chair Murder by Diane Janes

March 06, 2018

There are a lot of creepy people in Diane Janes’ The Magic Chair Murder. Who would guess that the mystery, set in the 1920s in England, would revolve around the author of children’s poems and stories? The Robert Barnaby Society is having a conference....