Dying Cry by Margaret Mizushima

October 14, 2025

I think Dying Cry may be my favorite of Margaret Mizushima’s ten books in her Timber Creek K-9 mystery series. We’re past the ongoing issues in Mattie Walker’s childhood. We’ve moved on to a police procedural involving Mattie’s K-9...

The Killing Stones by Ann cleeves

September 30, 2025

I’m a fan of Ann Cleeves’ Vera, and I like her Two Rivers series, but Jimmy Perez and her Shetland series are the books that draw me. Now, after several years, he’s back in a Detective Jimmy Perez novel. The compassionate, empathetic police officer...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Splintered Justice by Kim Hays

September 28, 2025

I’m just over halfway through a wonderful book, but it’s almost 400 pages. And, my reading time yesterday was interrupted by time to watch a college football game. So, of course, I turned to one of Kevin Tipple’s book reviews. This time, it’s a...

A Perfect Match by Jill McGown

September 27, 2025

Since several of you recommended Jill McGown’s Lloyd and Hill police procedural series, I decided to give it a chance. A Perfect Match is the first book in McGown’s series, and her debut novel. When Chris Woods shows up at Donald and Helen Mitchell’s...

The Patient by Tim Sullivan

September 13, 2025

Tim Sullivan’s DS Cross books are police procedurals that really should be read in order. While Sullivan spent a great deal of time in the first book, The Dentist, introducing George Cross and the idiosyncrasies of his Asperger’s syndrome, by the third...