A Cold, Cold World by Elena Taylor

August 05, 2024

With a brutal winter storm bearing down on the small valley town of Collier, Washington in the Cascade Mountains, Sheriff Bet Rivers struggles with her own insecurities, and her determination to keep the citizens of Collier safe. A Cold, Cold World by Elena Taylor is...

Hope to Die by Cara Hunter

June 11, 2024

I can’t praise Cara Hunter’s sixth DI Adam Fawley crime novel enough. Hope to Die is everything a police procedural should be, with a solid team of police officers, a thoughtful lead, and a complex case that contains twists even up until the last chapter....

Death of a Busybody by George Bellairs

May 28, 2024

If Aubrey Hamilton hadn’t reviewed George Bellairs’ Death in Isolation on her blog last week, I never would have discovered Bellairs and his Inspector Littlejohn mysteries. I read the third book in that series, Death of a Busybody. It’s not always...

Dream Town by Lee Goldberg

January 16, 2024

Anyone who enjoys police procedurals with humor should be reading Lee Goldberg’s Eve Ronin books. Dream Town is the fifth in the series, and it’s as strong as earlier entries. As always, Goldberg adds realistic details about crime to add to the...

No Way Out by Cara Hunter

December 12, 2023

Way back in September, I mentioned No Way Out, the D.I. Adam Fawley police procedural by Cara Hunter. It’s the third in the series, focusing on Fawley and his police team in Oxford, England. There have been two other books published in England, but they...