Book Review: Barbara Hamilton’s A Marked Man
Young Henry Knox, a Son of Liberty, is framed for murder, and Abigail Adams pursues the truth, even as the killer pursues her.
Genre: mystery
Book Review: Charles Todd’s A Divided Loyalty
Scotland Yard detective Ian Rutledge is assigned one of the most baffling investigations of his career—a cold murder case with an unidentified victim and a cold trail with few clues to follow.
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.
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.