The Body on the Doorstep by A. J. MacKenzie

November 05, 2017

“Scarecrow! Scarecrow! On the southern coast of England there’s a legend people tell, Of days long ago when the great Scarecrow would ride from the jaws of hell, And laugh with a fiendish yell, With his clothes all torn and tattered, Through the black of...

A Hunt in Winter by Conor Brady

October 10, 2017

I loved Conor Brady’s new Joe Swallow mystery, A Hunt in Winter. It’s the third in the series, and you don’t have to read the earlier ones. But, I wish I had. So, I have one suggestion and one cautionary note. The suggestion? Start with A June...

The Countess of Prague by Stephen Weeks

September 17, 2017

Are you ready to settle in for a planned mystery series of ten books? Author Stephen Weeks, and his publisher, Poisoned Pen Press, plan to cover the years 1904-1914 in a series to feature The Countess of Prague, Beatrice von Falklenburg, known as Trixie. Her courage,...

On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen

August 06, 2017

Although Lady Georgiana is still as candid as ever, the latest Royal Spyness mystery takes a serious turn. Rhys Bowen takes Georgie to pre-World War II Italy in On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service. When Darcy O’Mara has to leave the family...

Murder at Chateau sur Mer by Alyssa Maxwell

July 24, 2017

Don’t make the same mistake I did. If Alyssa Maxwell’s Murder at Chateau sur Mer sounds interesting to you, go back and start at the beginning of the series, not with the fifth book. I have an excuse. I was reading it for a review. But, you’ve been...