The Match by Harlan Coben

March 15, 2022

Harlan Coben brings back some of my favorite characters from The Boy from the Woods, Wilde, attorney Hester Crimstein, and Hester’s grandson, Matthew, in The Match, a disturbing novel that takes on social media. Wilde, found in the woods thirty years earlier, is...

What the Cat Dragged In by Miranda James

August 31, 2021

What the Cat Dragged In is Miranda James’ fourteenth Cat in the Stacks mystery. After thirteen books in a series, some authors just seem to phone it in. However, this one just might be the best yet in the series. When Sean Harris told his father, Charlie, that...

Fatal Family Ties by S.C. Perkins

July 20, 2021

If you follow S.C. Perkins’ Ancestry Detective series, I’m sure you’ve noticed the clever way the publisher chooses to illustrate the reference area for genealogist Lucy Lancaster. It’s obvious that Fatal Family Ties deals with the American...

Hiding the Past by Nathan Dylan Goodwin

October 14, 2020

I have a fellow librarian to thank for the discovery of Nathan Dylan Goodwin’s mystery series featuring forensic genealogist Morton Farrier. Hiding the Past will interest fans of genealogical mysteries and those interested in cold cases. The combination of a...

Lineage Most Lethal by S. C. Perkins

July 25, 2020

Is this the kind of amateur sleuth, or, actually, the kind of character you would like to see in a book? “I don’t apologize for loving learning and information. I’m smart, I’m good at my job, I work hard, and I’m proud of it.” Those...