Book Review: Ken Bruen’s The McDead
Just out of prison, Tommy Logan is making a name for himself with the help of his hurley. His latest target is Tony Roberts, brother to one of the meanest cops in London.
Genre: mystery
Book Review: Peter Tremayne’s The Chalice of Blood
A scholar is found murdered and manuscripts stolen. The abbot insists on Sister Fidelma and Brother Eadulf investigating despite the attempt on their lives and their own problems.
Book Review: Lisa Bork’s In Sickness and In Death
Jolene and Ray Parker have a new foster child, Danny, whose father may have something to do with a severed arm. And her sister elopes with a groom with his own sinister plans.
Book Review: Laura Lippman’s Butchers Hill
Once Tess Monaghan starts snooping in her case as a private investigator, the witnesses start dying. Like it or not, Tess is embroiled in a case that encompasses the powers-that-be, a heartless system that has destroyed the lives of children, and a nasty trail of money and lies leading all the way back to Butchers Hill.
Book Review: Carolyn G. Hart’s Design for Murder
Annie Laurence’s plans for the Mystery Nights for the house-and-garden tour go all awry when a corpse turns up in the town pond.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Knaves
Dark deeds are brewing in the village of Ashewell, and Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to uncover its secrets and stop the murders.
Book Review: Vicki Doudera’s Killer Listing
The stylish (and driven) realtor Kyle Cameron has a shocking secret, and the usual suspects are involved. And Darby’s investigating puts her at the top of the killer’s hit list.
Book Review: Ken Bruen’s Headstone
Evil has many guises and Jack Taylor has seen most of them. But nothing is as bad as an evil coterie named Headstone, who are committing random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland.
Book Review: Rhys Bowen’s Evanly Bodies
Evans risks everything to solve the murders and discover what happened to Jamila.
Book Review: Cleo Coyle’s On What Grounds
Clare arrives at work to discover the assistant manager dead in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. And she refuses to accept that it’s an accident.