Book Review: Charles Todd’s The Confession
A dying man confesses that he killed his cousin during the Great War. Then his body is found in the river, and Inspector Ian Rutledge’s only clue is a gold locket.
Genre: mystery
Book Review: Cleo Coyle’s Murder Most Frothy
Millionaire David Mintzer offers Clare Cosi an all-expenses-paid summer in the Hamptons training his staff. Until an employee turns up dead in David’s bathroom.
Book Review: Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Treachery
While training in spycraft in France, Joliffe learns just how dangerous secrets can be when a member of the duchess’s household is murdered,…
Book Review: Michael Connelly’s The Poet
Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how.
Book Review: Ken Bruen’s Blitz
DS Brant is in hot water. CI Roberts’ wife has died. WPC Falls is still trying to navigate her job as a black woman. And “The Blitz” killer is killing cops all over the city.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Lords
Playing spies amongst the contenders for the regency to young King Henry VI, Joliffe and company start to fear for their own lives when men who know too much begin to die.
Book Review: Diana Gabaldon’s Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Three short stories in the historical mystery series about Lord John Grey, an important peripheral character in Gabaldon’s Outlander series. The first two are a blip in his life while the second takes a much longer view.
Book Review: Elizabeth George’s A Place of Hiding
Caught up in murder on the island of Guernsey, Deborah and Simon St. James delve into its dark history and the psyche of someone who may have exacted retribution.
Book Review: Cleo Coyle’s Latte Trouble
There’s trouble brewing when a customer is poisoned and a partner turns up dead, and Clare leaps in to investigate knowing that her employee is innocent.