Making a Killing by Cara Hunter

May 20, 2025

Yesterday, Jeff Meyerson made the comment that you should read Cara Hunter’s DI Adam Fawley books in order. Making a Killing, the seventh in the series, proves that. Her very first book, Close to Home, not only introduced Fawley, but also his team and an...

A Sneak Peek

May 19, 2025

Tuesday, May 20 is release day for Cara Hunter’s seventh DI Adam Fawley thriller, Making a Killing. I haven’t had a chance to finish it yet, but this latest book is as gripping as the previous ones in the series. If you want excellent police procedurals,...

Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett

May 14, 2025

In the second Mrs. Pargeter mystery, Mrs, Presumed Dead, Brett’s perceptive amateur sleuth moves from a seaside retirement home to an executive home. She’s not sure Smithy’s Loam is where she wants to live, but she gives herself six months to...

A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett

May 09, 2025

A Nice Class of Corpse is only the second mystery by Simon Brett that I’ve read. I read one of his Blotto and Twinks books, but it wasn’t for me, and I just never picked up another one of his books. But, Aubrey Hamilton continued to push the Mrs. Pargeter...

Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd

April 08, 2025

It’s 1954, and England is still recovering from World War II. The country is bleak at times, and the food isn’t what it once was. Nora Breen isn’t what she once was either. After thirty years as a nun, Nora leaves the monastery and heads to a seaside...