A Lethal Walk in Lakeland by Nicholas George

January 20, 2025

While I enjoy the premise of Nicholas George’s series, and I like the protagonist, there’s just something off about this latest book, A Lethal Walk in Lakeland. I was just disgusted with the over-the-top behavior of the Uptons, a family of Texans on the...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb

January 18, 2025

J.D. Robb’s sixtieth “In Death” novel, Bonded in Death, is due out on Feb. 4. That makes it perfect timing to share Kevin Tipple’s review of the fifty-third in the series, Forgotten in Death. Thank you, Kevin. It is late May 2061 as Forgotten...

The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime by Vicki Delany

January 14, 2025

In the tenth book in Vicki Delany’s Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series, The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime, the author packs up bookstore owner Gemma Doyle and her friends and sends them to London. You would think West London, Massachusetts would be...

The Naming of the Birds by Paraic O’Donnell

January 05, 2025

The Naming of the Birds, Paraic O’Donnell’s sequel to The House of Vesper Sands, hooked me from the beginning. I will say, though, that Inspector Henry Cutter was a little too pedantic for my taste. Although I read almost all of his lengthy lectures, I...

The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong

December 03, 2024

While I enjoyed Jess Armstrong’s second Gothic mystery featuring Ruby Vaughn, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read her award-winning debut, The Curse of Penryth Hall. If you’re interested in The Secret of the Three Fates, I’d suggest...