Dangerous Women by Mark de Castrique

October 25, 2023

If Mark de Castrique’s first mystery featuring retired FBI agent Ethel Fiona Crestwater, Secret Lives, was a little too confusing with all the cryptocurrency, try the second book, Dangerous Women. It’s hard not to fall under the sway of the resourceful...

Fadeaway Joe by Hugh Lessig

August 21, 2023

Hugh Lessig’s debut crime novel, Fadeaway Joe, introduces an unlikely duo, and an unreliable narrator not easily forgotten. In fact, it’s an entire cast of suspicious characters. At sixty-four, Joe Pendergast isn’t willing to give up his career...

All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby

June 06, 2023

No one writes with such power, while managing to convey the brutality of life, as S.A. Cosby does. His latest book, All the Sinners Bleed, is beautifully written, gritty, with a hero who carries the weight of his job and his community on his shoulders. Sheriff Titus...

The Diva Delivers on a Promise by Krista Davis

May 20, 2023

I know I was disappointed in Krista Davis’ last Domestic Diva mystery, but the sixteenth, The Diva Delivers on a Promise, makes up for it. This time, Sophie Winston and her best friend, Nina, seem to have plans for what they do. They’re not just running...

Of Mushrooms and Matrimony by Amy Patricia Meade

January 07, 2023

Amy Patricia Meade’s Tish Tarragon series is one that I started, then picked up again a few books into it. I’ve always been glad I did because the primary characters all settled in to ones I enjoyed meeting again. Of Mushrooms and Matrimony brings back to...