Nothing Ventured by Jeffrey Archer

September 08, 2019

I’m a little nervous that Jeffrey Archer is starting a new series. I really enjoyed Nothing Ventured, but Archer says in a note to the reader that he’s working on the second, and the progress of the series will depend on his longevity. Archer is 79. The...

The Hit by Nadia Dalbuono

August 06, 2019

While Nadia Dalbuono’s crime novel, The Hit, has been out in Australia and the U.K., this is the first edition published in the United States. The third Leone Scarmacio, set in the television world, is evidence of the author’s knowledge of that field. She...

An Unsettled Grave by Bernard Schaffer

July 24, 2019

Some of the comments I saw online said you could read this book without having read the first in the series, Bernard Schaffer’s The Thief of All Light. I disagree. I enjoyed An Unsettled Grave, but I wish I had more background about Detective Carrie...

Under the Cold Bright Lights by Garry Disher

June 29, 2019

If you haven’t yet discovered Australian author Garry Disher, now’s your chance. The winner of the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award has a new standalone crime novel, Under the Cold Bright Lights. Once you read it, you’ll understand why he...

Night Watch by David C. Taylor

May 04, 2019

David C. Taylor’s author’s note in Night Watch says that it’s the third book in the Michael Cassidy series, but the second in chronological order. Although I haven’t read either of the other two, including the Edgar Award nominated Night...