The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves

September 04, 2022

Even if you’ve never read one of Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope mysteries, you can pick up The Rising Tide. It’s the tenth in the series, but it’s a haunting novel that reads as if it was a standalone. While the focus is on characters, including...

A Reluctant Saint by Tricia Fields

August 29, 2022

September is so jammed with good books that I’ve already read that I was forced to move the review of Tricia Fields’ latest Josie Gray mystery to today, and A Reluctant Saint isn’t even released until September 6. But, once I discovered these police...

Nail’s Crossing by Kris Lackey

August 24, 2022

Somewhere buried in Kris Lackey’s first Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond mystery, Nail’s Crossing, is a plot. That plot is underneath so many chase scenes that I lost count, including one chase scene with Maytubby piloting an airplane. But, I did like...

Sandie’s Corner – Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger

August 23, 2022

William Kent Krueger’s Fox Creek leads library holds throughout the country this week. It’s the nineteenth book in the Cork O’Connor series. Although I read it several months ago for Library Journal, I’m not the expert on this series that...

Death Casts a Shadow by Patricia Skalka

August 21, 2022

Death Casts a Shadow is the seventh and final book in Patricia Skalka’s excellent Dave Cubiak Door County mystery series. Her notes at the end of the book say she completed the arc she had planned for Dave Cubiak. She took him from a broken man through almost...