Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd

November 28, 2017

Fans of old-fashioned mysteries, or stories that remind you of Georgette Heyer or Jane Austen, may appreciate this fifth book in the Kurland St. Mary Mystery series. .Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd is a quiet story involving class differences and role...

Murder in the Manuscript Room by Con Lehane

November 20, 2017

Con Lehane brings back two of my favorite characters in his latest mystery, Murder in the Manuscript Room. Of course, I appreciate Raymond Ambler, the troubled librarian at the iconic 42nd Street Library. But, Brian McNulty, the shrewd bartender at the Library Tavern,...

Seeds of Revenge by Wendy Tyson

November 14, 2017

I hope those of you who read mystery series take my suggestions seriously. Wendy Tyson’s Seeds of Revenge is a fascinating mystery with well-developed characters in a small town. There’s a complex, character-driven plot. But, I’d recommend that you...

The Ghost of Christmas Past By Rhys Bowen

November 13, 2017

There’s an atmosphere of sorrow and foreboding that hangs over Bowen’s latest mystery, The Ghost of Christmas Past. After Molly Murphy Sullivan’s miscarriage and the events during the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco (Time of Fog and Fire), Molly’s still mourning....

Purple Palette for Murder by R.J. Harlick

November 11, 2017

If you haven’t read R.J. Harlick’s previous Meg Harris mysteries, don’t worry about it. You can still pick up the vivid, intense eighth book in the series, Purple Palette for Murder. Harris takes readers away to the Canadian wilderness with all of...