Mystery

Off The Grid

In the Hawaiian mystery novel Off The Grid, by Robert McCaw, an abandoned rural area in the shadow of a volcano…

2 years ago

Olivia Worley’s “People to Follow”

You guys, I knew I was going to love People to Follow, by Olivia Worley. I love reality TV novels,…

2 years ago

Why Readers Still Love Agatha Christie Mysteries

Agatha Christie is called the "Queen of Crime" and her mystery novels have been captivating readers for over a century.…

2 years ago

Foreign Bodies (Marcus Corvinus, #18)

In the next Marcus Corvinus adventure, Foreign Bodies, the new emperor Claudius requests some help looking into the death of…

2 years ago

The Devotion of Suspect X

I got Keigo Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X through Osusume Books. (Thank you!) Osusume Books promises to send carefully…

2 years ago

Retro Book Review: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side

Today's retro book review is Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side. This is another Miss Marple mystery,…

2 years ago

Retro Book Review: Sad Cypress

Sad Cypress is another Poirot mystery novel by Agatha Christie. It was recommended to me as part of the Read…

2 years ago

Retro Book Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the sixth of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels. In this one, Poirot has given…

2 years ago

Shadowy Campus Mystery in “The Sixes”

I love a good school thriller, don't you? And  I love it even more when our protagonist is a professor,…

2 years ago

Unreliable Identity in “My Sweet Girl”

I got My Sweet Girl, by Amanda Jayatissa, because I just loved You're Invited. This is one of the times…

2 years ago

Vestal Virgins in “Brides of Rome”

The historical events of Brides of Rome have been covered so many times in other novels. It's really hard to bring…

2 years ago

Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice For Murderers, by Jesse Q Sutanto, is full of all the delicious food, meddling aunties, and…

2 years ago

But Why Didn’t I Like “The Villa?”

The upcoming novel, The Villa, by Rachel Hawkins, is a dual-timeline story, with both stories involving frenemies creating art in…

2 years ago

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries is a new collection of short mysteries starring the classic Miss Marple, all written by different…

2 years ago

Locust Lane

I expected to like this one a lot. Locust Lane is described in the book blurb as "a taut and…

2 years ago

Gaslamps Gas Giant in “The Mimicking of Known Successes”

The Mimicking of Known Successes, by Malka Older, was the kind of book where I wanted to read faster to…

2 years ago

Why I Wasn’t Into “The Soulmate” (Warning! Contains Spoilers!)

I absolutely loved The Good Sister and The Mother-in-Law. The reveals in a Sally Hepworth novel have made me literally…

3 years ago

Fall Vibes Reading Roundup

What are you reading as the weather turns colder? Dark academia? Spooky season? Supernatural stories? I have to recommend the…

3 years ago

The Kind Worth Killing / Crooked House

I really enjoyed Peter Swanson's mystery thriller All The Beautiful Lies, and one of my favorite parts was when bookseller Bill…

3 years ago

Murder and Kidnapping in a Small Town in “Find Her” by Chris Patchell

In Find Her (The Lacey James Series Book 1), by Chris Patchell, Lacey James is a hardworking local cop in…

3 years ago

The Quarter Storm

In The Quarter Storm, by Veronica G Henry, Reina Dumond is a Haitian vodou priestess with water powers. She mostly…

3 years ago

Last Seen Wearing

Last Seen Wearing was written in the fifties, and set at a women's college in Massachusetts, a fictionalized Smith or…

3 years ago

Not Today: A Dora Ellison Mystery

Not Today, by David E. Feldman, tells the story of corruption in Beach City, and the unlikely heroine who takes…

3 years ago

The Bombay Prince

I was excited to read The Bombay Prince (A Perveen Mistry Novel Book 3) by Sujata Massey because I really enjoyed…

3 years ago

Retro Book Review: The Mystery of the Blue Train

The Mystery of the Blue Train is another Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie.  American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin has bought…

3 years ago