Revenge Prey by John Sandford

April 08, 2026

I was late coming to the Prey novels by John Sandford. My late husband loved to read them. I’ll admit I’m a bigger fan of Virgil Flowers than of Lucas Davenport, but the thirty-sixth Davenport novel, Revenge Prey, is a non-stop thriller. Davenport and...

Desperate Spies by Mark de Castrique

November 14, 2025

Remember when I complained about Richard Osman’s The Impossible Fortune because it had too much cryptocurrency in it? I just finished Mark de Castrique’s mystery, Desperate Spies. It contains discussions of the impact of quantum computing on the country,...

The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen

January 25, 2025

If you read Tess Gerritsen’s The Spy Coast, you probably read it two years ago when it first came out. If you haven’t read it, you might want to pick it up before March when The Summer Guests, the second book in her Martini Club series, is released. And,...

Under the Paper Moon by Shaina Steinberg

April 24, 2024

When I don’t care for a book, I always say, this one wasn’t for me, but others may love it. I hate when I have to say that about a debut, but Shaina Steinberg’s historical mystery, Under the Paper Moon, didn’t work for me at all. I found the...

The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans

June 07, 2023

Mary Anna Evans’ first Faye Longchamp mystery, Artifacts, wasn’t even out yet when I first met her. Twenty years later, though, it’s interesting to see where she’s gone. She introduces a new character, Justine Byrne, in The Traitor Beside Me....