The Blood is Still by Douglas Skelton

January 16, 2021

While it won’t hurt to pick up the first Rebecca Connolly thriller by Douglas Skelton, Thunder Bay, this is one case when it’s not necessary. The Blood is Still, the second book, is a compelling story that stands on its own. Skelton combines history and...

Deception by Gaslight by Kate Belli

October 04, 2020

Ah, Deception by Gaslight. It combines some of my favorite elements. It’s the debut of a new series, which I love. It’s set in New York City during the Gilded Age. The historical mystery covers political,  economic, and social reasons for crime. And,...

The Good Cop by Peter Steiner

September 14, 2019

The Good Cop by Peter Steiner is a bleak book. It’s also a very important book about truth and freedom of the press. The timely book will hit home for many readers. At the end of the war in 1918, Maximilian Wolf makes his way back home to Munich. In his sketches...

Such a Perfect Wife by Kate White

May 07, 2019

It’s been a little while since I read one of Kate White’s Bailey Weggins mysteries. This series just gets better, and there’s no reason you can’t pick it up with Such a Perfect Wife. I have a weakness for mysteries featuring journalists,...

Grand Slam Murders by R.J. Lee

February 05, 2019

Let me emphasize you do not need to know anything about bridge to read R.J. Lee’s debut cozy mystery, Grand Slam Murders. I’ve never played bridge, and I know nothing about it, but the entertaining Southern characters will bring me back for the...