Headlong by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

March 03, 2019

Headlong is the twenty-first Detective Inspector Bill Slider mystery by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, but the first one I read. As a fan of police procedurals, I’ve been missing an intriguing series. Harrod-Eagles follows Shadow Play with a complex story that requires...

The Plot is Murder by V.M. Burns

February 27, 2019

I’m reading the second is V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series, Read Herring Hunt. The third book is out, and I realized I never even posted my review of the first book. I was impressed with The Plot is Murder. Mystery readers, like me, who want to...

A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth

February 26, 2019

The third Sheriff Hank Worth mystery has one of the most heartbreaking openings I’ve ever read. Once I read the first chapter of A Deadly Turn by Claire Booth, I was hooked. I love police procedurals. When the police are as invested in the case as Hank is...

A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux

February 25, 2019

If you enjoyed the characters and their playful relationship in Jude Deveraux’s first Medlar mystery, A Willing Murder, then you may want to pick up A Justified Murder. The “Medlar trio” is in fine form in this second book. It’s the cleaning...

That Old Scoundrel Death by Bill Crider

February 18, 2019

Bill Crider showed so much courage last year, sharing his cancer diagnosis on social media while he kept shocked readers and friends updated with the course of the disease that killed him. When you read the twenty-fifth and final Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, That...