Fatal Family Ties by S.C. Perkins

July 20, 2021

If you follow S.C. Perkins’ Ancestry Detective series, I’m sure you’ve noticed the clever way the publisher chooses to illustrate the reference area for genealogist Lucy Lancaster. It’s obvious that Fatal Family Ties deals with the American...

Nantucket Penny by Steven Axelrod

July 14, 2021

Steven Axelrod takes us back to Nantucket in Nantucket Penny, but it’s not the luxurious island you expect. It’s autumn on Nantucket. With the tourists gone, the island should be peaceful, and Police Chief Henry Kennis and his police force should be able...

Silence in the Library by Katharine Schellman

July 12, 2021

Katharine Schellman’s debut historical mystery, The Body in the Garden, was one of my favorite books of 2020. Her second Lily Adler mystery, Silence in the Library, is even better. She manages to include topics of racism, classism, women’s independence,...

Ghost Blows a Kiss by Carolyn Hart

July 11, 2021

Anyone looking for a template for a traditional mystery could take a lesson or two from a master. Carolyn Hart’s Ghost Blows a Kiss is reminiscent of the Agatha Christie novels in which the family of a dying man gather, hoping they are heirs to the fortune. In...

The Parting Glass by Lissa Marie Redmond

July 10, 2021

Despite allusions to Buffalo Police Detective Lauren Riley’s Icelandic adventures in A Full Cold Moon, there’s no reason a newcomer to the series can’t pick up The Parting Glass. I admit that it’s more interesting if you’re already...