The Guilty Dead by P.J. Tracy

September 29, 2018

A new Monkeewrench novel by P.J. Tracy is always a treat. While the mother half, P.J., of P.J. Tracy died in 2016, Traci successfully keeps the series interesting. Some will want more of the Monkeewrench team in the current novel, The Guilty Dead. As a fan of the...

Burning Ridge by Margaret Mizushima

September 08, 2018

Although I had heard of Margaret Mizushima’s previous books in the Timber Creek K-9 mystery series, I hadn’t read any of them. Burning Ridge, the fourth book, is an excellent introduction, even for those of us who haven’t read the earlier ones....

A Shimmer of Hummingbirds by Steve Burrows

April 16, 2018

It takes a little time to figure out what’s happening in Steve Burrows’ fourth Birder Murder Mystery, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds. I hadn’t read the previous books in the series, so I don’t know the relationships. Burrows won the 2015 Arthur...

Sibanda and the Black Sparrowhawk by C.M. Elliott

March 03, 2018

I’ll admit C.M. Elliott’s third Sibanda mystery may not be easy to find in libraries. The publisher is a South African press. But, the setting is so unusual, Zimbabwe, that I wanted to introduce Sibanda and the Black Sparrowhawk. Detective Inspector...

Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch

January 17, 2018

While Broken Homes isn’t my favorite in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, the ending came as surprise. And, it was perfect. Peter Grant is a police constable with a little bit of magic. He and a former classmate, Lesley May, reside at the Folly...