The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves

September 28, 2020

While Ann Cleeves always makes a reader feel sympathy for the victim, in this latest Vera Stanhope novel, The Darkest Evening, it was Vera who moved me. She has never seemed so vulnerable, so lonely. Even her team recognized that this case was personal for Vera,...

The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves

August 05, 2020

In preparation for the September 8 release of Ann Cleeves’ new Vera Stanhope mystery, The Darkest Evening, I went back to the beginning of the series. While Vera was formally introduced in part 2 of The Crow Trap, she makes a typical Vera Stanhope appearance...

Find Me by Anne Frasier

June 27, 2020

I’m an outlier. While psychological thrillers have been popular in the last couple years, I’m not a fan. I don’t like unreliable narrators. And, I am not interested in serial killer novels that get inside the mind of a killer. Give me a traditional...

Motherless Child by V.M. Burns

December 11, 2019

Motherless Child is only the second book in V.M. Burns’ RJ Franklin mystery series, but I feel as if I know Franklin and his world. He’s a homicide detective, but he’s also a member of his Indiana community, devoted to his adopted grandmother, Mama...

A Bitter Feast by Deborah Crombie

October 22, 2019

It’s always a pleasure to pick up one of Deborah Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James novels. However, no matter what she calls the latest book, A Bitter Feast is a treat for the reader. And, that’s for any reader. While most of the books in...