A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor

June 20, 2023

I’ll admit Sarah Stewart Taylor’s atmospheric depiction of Ireland stole my heart in her first Maggie D’arcy mystery, The Mountains Wild. Now, the fourth in the series, A Stolen Child, is a solid police procedural with plot twists to keep the reader...

What’s Happening – Flesh and Blood by David Mark

April 23, 2023

Well, here’s what’s happening in my reading life right now. For the last few years, I’ve moderated the Crime Fiction/Mystery panel for Library Journal’s Day of Dialog. I have to read the books, and have questions to the authors by Friday,...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Tracy Clark’s Hide

April 08, 2023

Even when Tracy Clark’s Hide first came out in January, I said it won’t get the attention it deserves because it was released so soon after the new year. Fortunately, for all of us, Kevin Tipple sent a review. If you missed Hide the first time around in...

Before I Sleep by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

February 13, 2023

I’m always eager to return to Bill Slider’s world in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ series. Before I Sleep is the twenty-fourth in the series, and it’s just as delightful as a British police procedural as all the earlier ones. It’s never a good...

A Killing of Innocents by Deborah Crombie

February 07, 2023

It has been several years since fans have been able to catch up with Duncan Kincaid, Gemma James, their police teams, and their family. A Killing of Innocents, the nineteenth in the series, doesn’t disappoint. Detective Sergeant Duncan Kincaid noticed the young...