The Religious Body by Catherine Aird

June 02, 2025

In 1966, Catherine Aird introduced her series character, Inspector C.D. Sloan of the Calleshire C.I.D., and his supporting cast in the police department in The Religious Body. At the time, The New Yorker “recognized that she was writing an updated version of the...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett

May 30, 2025

If a health spa sounds like an unlikely spot for Mrs. Pargeter, you’re right. But, the kindly widow agrees to accompany a friend, Kim Thurrock, to Brotherton Hall health spa for a few days. In fact, Mrs. P and Mrs. Thurrock have something in common. They both...

Bodies and Battlements by Elizabeth Penney

May 28, 2025

I haven’t read any of the books in Elizabeth Penney’s other cozy series, including the Cambridge Bookshop or Mysteries of Blackberry Valley. But, the first Ravensea Castle mystery, Bodies and Battlements, is one of the best cozy mysteries I’ve read...

The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg by Krista Davis

May 26, 2025

As usual, Krista Davis brings readers back to Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, where she reintroduces us to old friends, new recipes, decorating tips, and a mystery. The eighteenth book in the Domestic Diva series, The Diva Poaches a Bad Egg, also brings a character...

A Mammoth Murder by Bill Crider

May 25, 2025

Bill Crider’s thirteenth Sheriff Dan Rhodes mystery, A Mammoth Murder, may be my favorite in the series so far.That fight in the Round-Up restaurant may be one of the funniest scenes I’ve read. When Bud Turley shows up at the Blacklin County...