The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller by Cleo Coyle

September 19, 2018

In 2009, the fifth Haunted Bookshop mystery, The Ghost and the Haunted Mansion, came out. It was written under the name Alice Kimberly, a pseudonym also used by the authors who write as Cleo Coyle. On September 25, nine years later, the latest one in the...

Swift Vengeance by T. Jefferson Parker

August 27, 2018

I thought T. Jefferson Parker’s second novel featuring PI Roland Ford was terrific. Swift Vengeance is a fast-paced story that is all too plausible. This was my first one of Parker’s books, so I can’t compare them to earlier ones. I found the...

Broken Places by Tracy Clark

May 29, 2018

Tracy Clark’s debut mystery, Broken Places, is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Her story of a tough African-American cop turned private investigator reminds me of one of the legendary detectives in modern mysteries, Sue Grafton’s...

Season of Sacrifice by Bharti Kirchner

September 22, 2017

Asian-American private investigator Maya Mallick makes her first appearance in Bharti Kirchner’s Season of Sacrifice. And, the opening scene of the book is unforgettable. Maya has just opened the Seattle branch of a successful all-women boutique detective agency...

Hell’s Detective by Michael Logan

June 13, 2017

If you’re a reader who appreciates Simon R. Green’s twisted view of the world with it’s violence and gore and monsters, you’ll enjoy Michael Logan’s Hell’s Detective. It’s definitely not for everyone, with the gritty...