Bel, Book, and Scandal by Maggie McConnon

December 05, 2017

I wish I could tell when authors are ending a series or ending a storyline. This is the second book I read in three days that might be doing either. Maggie McConnon does end a three book arc in Bel, Book, and Scandal. There was a shocking conclusion, but the...

The Ghost of Christmas Past By Rhys Bowen

November 13, 2017

There’s an atmosphere of sorrow and foreboding that hangs over Bowen’s latest mystery, The Ghost of Christmas Past. After Molly Murphy Sullivan’s miscarriage and the events during the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco (Time of Fog and Fire), Molly’s still mourning....

Dead Man’s Bridge by Robert J. Mrazek

August 08, 2017

Fans of Glen Erik Hamilton’s Van Shaw mysteries may want to pick up Robert J. Mrazek’s Dead Man’s Bridge. The protagonist is an Army veteran, courtmartialed after his tour in Afghanistan. But, Jake Cantrell is in the tradition of Robert B....

Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance

June 12, 2017

Tired of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books? Or, if not, are you looking for another fun romp? Try Maia Chance’s Bad Housekeeping, and meet Agnes Blythe and her Great-Aunt Effie. No cars explode, but the inept pair of amateur sleuths drive around...

Edited Out by E.J. Copperman

May 16, 2017

Although E.J. Copperman’s Edited Out is fun with its dry humor and old movie references, I’d still recommend that readers start with the first in the series, Written Off. It’s easier to suggest that than to explain how Rachel Goldman, a mystery...