Contemporary mysteries and thrillers ranging from the mid 1900s (plus or minus) to the present time
A very hard book to review… I had a hard time figuring out how to review A Knife for Harry Dodd, by George Bellairs. On the one hand, the writing is sharp and engaging; the plot drew me in and kept me reading; there was a strong sense of place, which I like in a […]
A review of A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs – republished in ebook Read More »
We finally get to meet Mr P !!! As I’ve mentioned before, I was thrilled to see Simon Brett start writing new titles in his Mrs Pargeter series again a few years ago, after a pause of about fifteen years. And I have enjoyed the after-hiatus titles just as much as the pre-hiatus ones. Which
Mrs Pargeter’s Past, by Simon Brett, is coming out soon – a review Read More »
Steven F Havill is still the master of the small-town police procedural… As I’ve said a time or two before, Steven F Havill’s Posadas County mysteries have been one of my favorite police procedural series, literally for decades. First Undersheriff Bill Gastner, and now his successor – and protégé – Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, find and
Steven F Havill’s If It Isn’t One Thing – a review Read More »
If romantasy is a thing, romanstery should be too, and Hidden Nature is a great exemplar… If romantasy (a blend of “romance” and “fantasy”) is the hot new thing in genre fiction right now, then I think romanstery (“romance” and “mystery”) should also be a thing. And Nora Roberts has just written a fine exemplar
A review of Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts, out tomorrow Read More »
Smooth and enjoyable as always… Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series is now forty books along, and although I came late to the series, I have very much enjoyed all but one of the recent books I’ve read. (See here and here and here.) And even the one I felt was a little “less” was still
A review of Open Season by Jonathan Kellerman – recently published Read More »
The Breton setting would be enough, but there’s a fine mystery too… I’ve read most of the titles in Jean-Luc Bannalec’s Commissaire Dupin series – at least, most of those that have been translated into English. And I’ve liked all that I’ve read. After all, what’s not to like about gorgeous countryside, wonderful food, Breton
An Island of Suspects by Jean-Luc Bannalec – a review Read More »
A classic adventure tale, later a Hitchcock movie… Several months ago, I got a chance to read The Lady Vanishes, which, in its original incarnation, The Wheel Spins, was the inspiration for an Alfred Hitchcock film. I am usually not a big movie fan, especially suspenseful movies, but I surprised myself by really liking that
To Catch a Thief by David Dodge is out in reprint – a review Read More »
A nice series start… A year or so ago, I had a review copy of Olivia Blacke’s A Fatal Groove, which is the first in her Record Shop mystery series. I liked that book, which is practically the epitome of a cozy. So when I was offered a review copy of A New Lease on
A review of A New Lease on Death by Olivia Blacke – out tomorrow Read More »
Great mystery ✔ Great fantasy ✔ You don’t have to choose! As you might guess from the second word in the name of this blog, Mostly Mysteries, I love reading murder mysteries. But the first part of the name is there for a reason as well: “mostly” implies that I also sometimes review other
A fun read, especially if you’re an Elvis fan… I had read and really enjoyed a lot of the early Sarah Booth Delaney books, especially since my mother was from the South. But I lost track of the series in recent years. So I was happy to have a chance to read a review copy
A review of Blue Christmas Bones by Carolyn Haines – coming tomorrow Read More »
