Death Writes by Andrea Carter

December 03, 2023

Andrea Carter takes readers back to the Inoshowen Peninsula in Ireland for the sixth book in the series, Death Writes. While other books in the series have been described as atmospheric, in this one, the focus is not on the landscape, but on the people involved with...

The Last Lie Told by Debra Webb

August 10, 2022

Debra Webb has written a number of series. She kicks off the Finley O’Sullivan one with The Last Lie Told. Charlie Holmes is in a Tennessee prison, but he still stirs up a hornet’s next when he tells a defense attorney he didn’t kill Lance Legard of...

Witness for the Persecution by E.J. Copperman

April 04, 2022

I really wish I had stumbled across this series before reading the third book, Witness for the Persecution by E.J. Copperman. The earlier books in the Jersey Girl Legal Mystery series are Inherit the Shoes and Judgement at Santa Monica. Lawyer Sandy Moss might be a...

The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan

August 19, 2019

When I selected Hank Phillippi Ryan’s The Murder List as the Pick of the Month for Library Journal, I knew fans of legal thrillers would appreciate the unusual twists in the book. She manipulates the reader as well as the characters. The book is easier to...

Death at Whitewater Church by Andrea Carter

September 03, 2018

While the trade paperback of Andrea Carter’s Death at Whitewater Church was just released, it appears that the book has been out for several years online. However, most readers will discover it as the debut mystery in a character-driven, atmospheric series....