The Cyclist by Tim Sullivan

August 12, 2025

I am in love with DS George Cross, not as a person, but as a character in a police procedural. I have the feeling he would be an exasperating person in real life, and very difficult to work with. But, his partner, DS Josie Ottey is making progress in Tim...

His Burial Too by Catherine Aird

August 09, 2025

Nero Wolfe has his orchids. Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan has his roses. There he is, in the middle of a complicated case in Catherine Aird’s His Burial Too, and he’s worried that his Princess Grace rose will peak before a show on Saturday. Little things...

The Shining Skull by Kate Ellis

August 02, 2025

The Shining Skull is the eleventh book in Kate Ellis’ Wesley Peterson Murder Mystery series. If readers like police procedurals that combine a contemporary crime with a historical one, I don’t think they’ll be disappointed. It does take a little...

The Dentist by Tim Sullivan

July 30, 2025

Let me tell you the background about my copy of Tim Sullivan’s The Dentist. Someone here (I’m guessing Kim, but I might be wrong) raved about Tim Sullivan’s DS Cross series. I’m guessing Kim, because after I ordered a used copy of the book, I...

A Late Phoenix by Catherine Aird

July 19, 2025

I really liked Catherine Aird’s fourth Sloan and Crosby mystery, A Late Phoenix, with its cold case aspect and the connections to World War II. And, in each book, Aird adds a little bit more about Sloan’s personal life. Not only does he have a passion for...