On a Quiet Street by J.L. Doucette

July 20, 2019

On a Quiet Street is J.L. Doucette’s second Dr. Pepper Hunt mystery. However, I’ll admit it didn’t feel as if the focus was on Hunt in this book, but on the investigating police detective instead. I’m fine with that because I like police...

Dusk along the Niobrara by John D. Nesbitt

June 18, 2019

I had never heard the term “frontier mystery” until I read John D. Nesbitt’s Dusk along the Niobrara. It makes sense, though, for all those mysteries that fit the western trope of a stranger rides into town, cleans it up, and leaves again. In fact,...

Man Found Dead in Park by Margaret Coel

December 06, 2017

Margaret Coel wrapped up her Father John/Vicky Holden series with Winter’s Child. That doesn’t mean she said goodbye to her characters. In her illustrated novella, Man Found Dead in Park, she brings together Vicky Holden and her reporter from Denver,...

The Western Star by Craig Johnson

September 09, 2017

Readers and fans of Craig Johnson’s Longmire series – here’s your warning. I started Johnson’s The Western Star on my lunch hour one day. I read for half an hour, spent more than an hour talking to my mother that night, and, yet, I had to stay...

An Obvious Fact by Craig Johnson

September 30, 2016

I know nothing about motorcycles, and I usually wouldn’t read a book that deals with all the motorcycle riders heading to Sturgis, South Dakota for the annual motorcycle rally. But, An Obvious Fact is written by Craig Johnson. And, from the moment I read the...