Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza

December 12, 2021

While I liked Darkness Falls, a Kate Marshall thriller by Robert Bryndza, I know there are two words connected to this book that are trigger warnings for some readers. If you can’t or don’t read books with serial killers, this one isn’t for you. If...

A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz

October 17, 2021

I have to admit I meant to read the earlier Hawthorne and Horowitz mysteries, The Word is Murder and The Sentence is Death, but I never got around to them. If you’re like me, and just want to start with the third in the series, A Line to Kill, you’ll be...

Double Take by Elizabeth Breck

October 13, 2021

I know all private investigators in crime fiction have some baggage. But, Elizabeth Breck’s second Madison Kelly mystery, Double Take, piles it on for the PI. Not only does she identify with the woman she’s searching for, but she’s a cancer survivor...

Wolf Point by Ian K. Smith

October 05, 2021

Reader reviews were mixed for Ian K. Smith’s novel that introduces Ashe Cayne, The Unspoken. I suspect it will be the same for the second in the series, Wolf Point. And, I can agree with readers who had issues with Smith’s writing, as well as those who...

All These Ashes by James Queally

September 28, 2021

I’ll read almost any crime novel featuring a journalist. A journalist turned PI? I’m in. James Queally’s All These Ashes brings back Russell Avery in the sequel to Line of Sight. While I didn’t read the first one, I’d suggest interested...