Book Review: Ben Aaronovitch’s False Value
Peter Grant has gone undercover in a tech genius’ company and finds a secret hidden in its bowels. A technology that stretches back to the past and forward to the future of AI.
Genre: mystery
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s A Palm for Mrs Pollifax
The CIA has sent Emily Pollifax to Switzerland to a famous health resort to track down a missing package of plutonium. It’s Mrs. Pollifax’s talents that make her perfect.
Book Review: Jill Paterson’s Lane’s End
The murder of an uninvited guest at a cocktail party uncovers a maze of twisted stories that Fitzjohn must follow to solve his case, but he is not prepared for the spiralling perplexity his quest creates.
Book Review: James Lee Burke’s The New Iberia Blues
The shocking death of a young woman leads Detective Dave Robicheaux into the dark corners of Hollywood, the mafia, and the backwoods of Louisiana in this gripping mystery.
Book Review: Louise Penny’s A Better Man
Catastrophic spring flooding, blistering attacks in the media, and a mysterious disappearance greet Chief Inspector Armand Gamache as he returns to the Sûreté du Québec.
Book Review: Craig Johnson’s Land of Wolves
Grudges that go back generations, a renegade wolf threatening, messages from Virgil White Buffalo that mean a child is in danger, and a shepherd’s suicide confound a wounded Walt Longmire.
Book Review: Rhys Bowen’s Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya’s Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s The Elusive Mrs Pollifax
From one adventure to the next, from a night-blooming cereus to a mission to deliver eight forged passports, this unlikely spy is off with a new hat.
Book Review: Dorothy Gilman’s The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
Life had relaxed back into Garden Clubs and teas, so when Emily Pollifax took the call from the CIA, she was all too ready to leave on a mission halfway across the world.
Book Review: Lyndsey Cole’s BlueBuried Muffins
Annie Fisher soon finds that running from her boyfriend’s troubles doesn’t work when his problems follow her home. With everyone a suspect…