Desert Vengeance by Betty Webb

March 28, 2017

Recently, author Anne Perry posed a moral question. Should you do something morally repugnant to you in order to fulfill a duty? Private investigator Lena Jones faces a moral question in Betty Webb’s latest mystery, Desert Vengeance. Should she hunt for the...

Written Off by E.J. Copperman

June 18, 2016

How many of you are old enough to remember Remington Steele? The Remington Steele Detective Agency was actually owned by a woman, but, because the TV show started in 1982, she needed a man’s name, and a man as a frontman. She ended up working with a man who...

The Ashtabula Hat Trick by Les Roberts

August 13, 2015

If I was author Les Roberts, I wouldn’t be heading to Ashtabula County, Ohio in the near future. His latest Milan Jacovich mystery,The Ashtabula Hat Trick, describes the people and county in not-so-favorable terms. And, I’ve never read about a community...

The Governor’s Wife by Michael Harvey

July 21, 2015

Michael Harvey’s crime novels are set in Chicago, a city with a reputation for dirty politics and strong, determined people. And, his private investigator, Michael Kelly, embodies all the strength and a determination to clean up some of the dirt. Kelly takes on...

Murder with a Twist by Tracy Kiely

May 16, 2015

A toast to Tracy Kiely for her wonderful, entertaining homage to The Thin Man. From the opening  scene when Nicole (Nic) watches her husband, Nigel Martini, dragged into the bar by an enormous Bullmastiff named Skippy, the reader knows Murder with a Twist is...