Hard Rain by Samantha Jayne Allen

April 22, 2023

Samantha Jayne Allen won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her debut novel, Pay Dirt Road. Hard Rain is the sequel. Allen brings back Annie McIntyre, waitress turned apprentice in her grandfather’s private detective agency. These novels, set in a small Texas town,...

Kindred Crimes by Janet Dawson

April 19, 2023

I have a new addiction, Janet Dawson’s Jeri Howard PI novels. Kindred Crimes is the first in the series, winner of the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First PI contest. The book came out in 1990, and went on to be nominated for the...

The Things We Keep by Janet Dawson

April 18, 2023

Janet Dawson’s The Things We Keep is the kind of private investigator novel I’m always hoping to read. I don’t know why I missed the first in the series, Kindred Crimes, when it came out in 1990. It won the St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye...

Kevin’s Corner Annex – Wayward Son by Steve Goble

April 15, 2023

When Kevin Tipple sent his review of Steve Goble’s latest book, Wayward Son, I recognized Goble’s name immediately. I haven’t read the Ed Runyon books that Kevin is reviewing, but way back in 2017, I reviewed Goble’s debut novel, The Bloody...

Have You Heard? – Cleo Coyle’s The Ghost and the Stolen Tears

November 14, 2022

I’m a big fan of Cleo Coyle’s ghostly PI Jack Shepherd, so when Sandie Herron mentioned a review of the audiobook of The Ghost and the Stolen Tears, I took it. If you like paranormal mysteries, I hope you know Jack and Pen! The Ghost and the Stolen...