Graveyard Fields by Steven Tingle

August 18, 2021

In Steven Tingle’s debut, Graveyard Fields, he takes an inept cop turned equally incompetent private investigator, stomps him into the ground, and turns all of his actions into a tragic comedy. I don’t know when I felt so frustrated with a character, and...

The Parting Glass by Lissa Marie Redmond

July 10, 2021

Despite allusions to Buffalo Police Detective Lauren Riley’s Icelandic adventures in A Full Cold Moon, there’s no reason a newcomer to the series can’t pick up The Parting Glass. I admit that it’s more interesting if you’re already...

Runner by Tracy Clark

June 30, 2021

While you could actually read Tracy Clark’s latest Chicago mystery, Runner, without having read the previous three books, you can meet her PI, Cass Raines, and Cass’ found family if you start with the first book, Broken Places. However, Runner is the most...

An Empty Grave by Andrew Welsh-Huggins

June 16, 2021

A year or two ago, my sister suggested I try a mystery about a PI who was a former Ohio State quarterback. She hadn’t read any of Andrew Welsh-Huggins’ books, but she saw a synopsis on a list of Ohio authors. I finally had a chance to read the seventh in...

Body Zoo by J.D. Allen

June 07, 2021

I’ve decided there are two scenarios crime fiction writers need to get out of their system. One is harvesting of body parts. The other, a more recent theme, deals with the trafficking of young boys and girls. In the third Sin City Investigations novel, Body Zoo,...