The Shining Skull by Kate Ellis

December 16, 2016

Kate Ellis’ books are not easy to come by in the U.S., but if you have the chance to pick them up, they’re worth it. She combines history with contemporary crime, has a team of police officers in Tradmouth in Devon, England, and includes details of the...

Dead Man Walking by Simon R. Green

December 03, 2016

I’m addicted to Simon R. Green’s Ishmael Jones mysteries, but the third one is only on order for us, so I have to wait to read the next one. Dead Man Walking wasn’t quite up to the first country house mystery with supernatural overtones, but it...

Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland

October 24, 2016

How to describe Anne Cleeland’s Doyle and Acton mysteries? They are as difficult to summarize as Louise Penny’s works. While Cleeland’s characters work for Scotland Yard, she’s created her own unusual world for them. Murder in Containment,...

The Moth Catcher by Ann Cleeves

October 16, 2016

If you’re the type of reader who appreciates Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope’s style, the “challenge of labyrinthine investigation”, you might want to check out Ann Cleeves’ latest police procedural, The Moth Catcher. The story is...

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

September 03, 2016

I could go two ways with my review of Jenny Colgan’s charming novel, The Bookshop on the Corner. So, today, I’ll do the book-related review. Tomorrow, I’ll comment about the book’s impact on me personally. No one cares about that, except me,...