Murderous Mistral by Cay Rademacher

September 19, 2017

Capitaine Roger Blanc blows into Provence, and fans flames in the same way the dangerous mistral winds do in the summer. Cay Rademacher’s Murderous Mistral, translated from the German by Peter Millar, loses nothing in the translation. Blanc is a fascinating...

Path into Darkness by Lisa Alber

August 09, 2017

I wish I had discovered Lisa Alber’s County Clare mysteries before the third book. You can start with Path into Darkness, but I recommend you start with the first, Kilmoon. The relationships are complicated enough that you should meet the characters in the...

Another Man’s Ground by Claire Booth

July 27, 2017

Local History and culture. Politics. And, of course, murder. Branson, Missouri’s Sheriff Hank Worth faces it all in Claire Booth’s Another Man’s Ground. It’s an outstanding police procedural with touches of humor throughout. When Vern...

Shallow Grave by Brian Thiem

July 17, 2017

Brian Thiem truly is one of those authors who writes what he knows. He spent twenty-five years with the Oakland Police Department, working homicide as a detective sergeant, and later as commander of the homicide section. He also served in the Army. Detective Matt...

The Lies We Tell by Theresa Schwegel

July 03, 2017

Because I’m reviewing mysteries for Library Journal, I’m picking up books that I wouldn’t normally read. That means I’m discovering authors and books that others read but I’ve passed on because I was more interested in other books....