The Dentist by Tim Sullivan

July 30, 2025

Let me tell you the background about my copy of Tim Sullivan’s The Dentist. Someone here (I’m guessing Kim, but I might be wrong) raved about Tim Sullivan’s DS Cross series. I’m guessing Kim, because after I ordered a used copy of the book, I...

Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker

July 20, 2025

It was time for me to meet up with Martin Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police in St. Denis, a village in the Dordogne Department of France. I know what made me wait so long. Every time I heard Martin Walker interviewed, the moderator started by speaking in French. I...

A Late Phoenix by Catherine Aird

July 19, 2025

I really liked Catherine Aird’s fourth Sloan and Crosby mystery, A Late Phoenix, with its cold case aspect and the connections to World War II. And, in each book, Aird adds a little bit more about Sloan’s personal life. Not only does he have a passion for...

Rage by Linda Castillo

July 06, 2025

Tuesday is release day for Linda Castillo’s latest Kate Burkholder mystery, Rage. I’ll be honest. I didn’t find this one near as disturbing and violent as her last one, The Burning. Although the victims were young, naive Amish, I was more upset when...

The Stately Home Murder by Catherine Aird

June 30, 2025

Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan is out of his element when he’s called to investigate a murder in Catherine Aird’s The Stately Home Murder. This mystery is a humorous look inside the home of the Thirteenth Earl of Ornum and his extended family, cousins,...