The Price of Freedom is the seventeenth in Rosemary Rose's Libertus mystery series. By this point, the pavement-laying crime-solver is…
In All The Beautiful Lies, bookseller Bill keeps a list of the five best campus crime novels. I'd only read…
The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey, blends two of my favorite things to read about: a vibrant, distant,…
This was a record year for my reading, with over 200 books on my GoodReads challenge. Instead of doing a…
By now, whenever Marcus and Perilla start talking about having a relaxing time, I'm pretty sure someone's about to find…
Puzzle Me Dead, by Kathy Childs, is a fast-paced suspense novel. In her teens, Careen Tamley was a final girl…
In this endless pandemic isolation, I'm reading a lot of suspense, gore-free thrillers, old mysteries, and travel stories. As this…
I'd read and enjoyed Diane Setterfield's Once Upon A River, so I was excited to read The Thirteenth Tale. The…
I chose Gaudy Night based on the recommendation in All The Beautiful Lies, as one of bookseller Bill’s top campus…
Murder in Old Bombay, by Nev March, is a layered mystery, involving complicated questions of loyalty and identity, with fun…
Why didn't The Perfect Guests work for me? This book has all the elements of a good suspense novel, and…
I've got another review up on ManyBooks: Masters of the Broken Watches, by Razi Imam, blends myth, scientific discovery, and…
In Doctor Who: The Secret in Vault 13, by David Solomons, the Doctor and her friends are traveling through space…
In All The Beautiful Lies, by Peter Swanson, bookseller and general mystery lover Bill Ackerman recommends The Secret History as…
In the beginning of The Throne of Caesar, it's just before the Ides of March, 44 BCE. Gordianus the Finder…
Sinner, Saint or Serpent by John Anthony Miller is a delightful mystery in which a journalist enjoys showing up the…
In "Waterfalls, Rainbows, and Murder" by Debra Williams, when the body of a beautiful and well-dressed young woman is found…
The beginning of Disenchanted, by Kara Pleasants, is a beat-for-beat Regency retelling, with magic. The second part of the story…
I have a new review up over on ManyBooks, just in time to be part of the Wyrd and Wonder…
Ruth Ware's upcoming novel, One By One, is set in a luxe ski lodge where feuding tech founders combine a…
In Medicus: A Novel of the Roman Empire Ruth Downie uses the tensions between Roman army and British locals to create a…
In Murder at the Mena House, Jane Wunderly and her aunt Millie are escaping Prohibition and the post-WWI shadows at…
In the amazing sequel to the twisted Breakfast Club thriller One of Us Is Lying, there's a new manipulative gossip-monger…
First of all, I have to admit that when I started Paper Son, I didn't realize it was number twelve…