Sick to Death by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

September 09, 2024

Sick to Death is Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ eighth mystery featuring private investigator Andy Hayes, but you don’t have to have read any of the previous ones to enjoy this one. Welsh-Huggins provides enough of Hayes’ background to satisfy readers, and he...

Furever After by Sofie Kelly

September 07, 2024

Sometimes, a book just feels as if it finishes a series. I really can’t say that the sixteenth Magical Cats mystery, Sofie Kelly’s Furever After, is the last book. There’s no indication it is, except the wedding seems to sum so much up, and the...

What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley

September 04, 2024

It’s been five years since Alan Bradley’s last Flavia de Luce mystery. I was surprised to see his new one, What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust. I thought he and Flavia had retired, although Flavia has so many fans. Eleven? Twelve? It’s hard...

Passions in Death by J.D. Robb

September 03, 2024

Passions in Death may be the fifty-ninth book in J.D. Robb’s Eve Dallas series, but the stories are still fresh. Best of all, though, is the chance to catch up with Eve Dallas, her husband, Roarke, and Dallas’ co-workers and friends. It’s the early...

The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

August 27, 2024

I reminded you earlier, and I’ll say it again, if you haven’t yet read Ann Cleeves’ The Rising Tide, you might want to pick it up before reading The Dark Wives. This eleventh in the series is a major spoiler for the previous one. In fact, there is a...