Hang on St. Christopher by Adrian McKinty

March 04, 2025

I discovered Adrian McKinty’s Sean Duffy books long before The Chain made him popular worldwide. Hang on St. Christopher is another intriguing book set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. If Detective Inspector Sean Duffy can hang on for almost two years,...

If It Isn’t One Thing… by Steven F. Havill

March 03, 2025

If you like small town police procedurals, but haven’t been reading Steven F. Havill’s Posadas County Mysteries, you’re missing out. If It Isn’t One Thing… is a carefully plotted mystery featuring Undersheriff Estelle Reyes Guzman and her...

The Next Deadly Chapter by V.M. Burns

February 25, 2025

The Next Deadly Chapter is the tenth book in V.M. Burns’ Mystery Bookshop series, although this one has little to do with the Michigan bookstore. Author and bookstore owner Samantha Washington takes center stage along with her Nana Jo and the women from Shady...

Murder in an Irish Garden by Carlene O’Connor

February 23, 2025

I never saw the final twist coming in Carlene O’Connor’s Murder in an Irish Garden. Although the villain always seemed one step ahead of the Gardai in Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, the final reveal came as a surprise to me. Perfectly logical, but it came...

The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea by C.L. Miller

February 18, 2025

My only complaint about C.L. Miller’s The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea was the large number of characters. You might want to keep score as you’re reading it. Other than that, it’s a fast-paced mystery set in the world of black market...