The Bookseller by Mark Pryor

January 04, 2026

I finally read Mark Pryor’s debut Hugo Marston novel from 2012. I wish I had read The Bookseller earlier, but now I have eight more books in this series to read as well as the spinoff series. The Most Mysterious Bookshop in Paris, also featuring Hugo Marston, is...

Dead Simple by Peter James

January 03, 2026

Dead Simple by Peter James is the first Detective Superintendent Grace novel. There are currently twenty-two books in the series set in Brighton, England. I love police procedurals, and I liked Roy Grace of the Sussex police, so I’ll try the next one, although...

All My Bones by P.J. Nelson

December 27, 2025

I may be responsible for my reaction to P.J. Nelson’s All My Bones since I read the book in fits and starts over the Christmas holidays. Although I like the characters, the plot seemed a little disjointed. And, I still have the same complaint about the...

A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

December 09, 2025

I’m glad Aubrey Hamilton talked me into reading Charles Finch’s first Charles Lenox mystery, A Beautiful Blue Death. It was a finalist for the 2007 Agatha Award for Best First Novel. I had read a recent one in the series, but I never started at the...

Dark Humor by Matt Goldman

December 06, 2025

For some reason it seems appropriate that it’s been a few years since Matt Goldman’s last Nils Shapiro novel. It’s been two years since Shapiro’s wife,, the Minneapolis police chief, was gunned down in a parking garage. Nils has patiently given...