Contemporary mysteries and thrillers ranging from the mid 1900s (plus or minus) to the present time
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 »
A few moments of awkwardness, but overall these stories have aged pretty well… As I mentioned in my earlier review of a recently re-issued Agatha Christie book, it feels presumptuous for me to be reviewing anything Christie wrote. But at the same time, receiving a review copy of Dover’s new e-edition of Poirot Investigates did
A review of Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie – recently reissued Read More »
Four Raymond Chandler audiobooks are on sale at Audible US as part of Audible’s “Fall into a New Series” sale, good through September 27, 2024 at 11:59 pm US Pacific time. The T&Cs for the sale note that sale titles may vary based on applicable membership type so YMMV. But for me, the following four
Several Raymond Chandler audiobooks are on sale at Audible US Read More »
A classic and thoroughly enjoyable Bruno book… I was happy to see that the latest book in Martin Walker’s Bruno series, A Grave in the Woods, was on sale at Kindle UK for a very nice price while I was on a business trip there a few days ago. And what’s even more amusing and
A review of A Grave in the Woods by Martin Walker – coming soon in the US Read More »
A fun thriller in the classic Francis style… I’ve long liked Dick Francis’ books, which always had some sort of tie-in to horses and horse racing. And that made for good, usually somewhat thriller-ish, mysteries. But I liked his books even more for their amazingly detailed backgrounds in a variety of businesses – and most
A review of Syndicate by Felix Francis – out yesterday Read More »
This e-book reissue of a 36-year-old mystery is still fun to read…. I had read the eight books in this series in paperback, back when they were written, in the 1980s and 1990s, and liked them all. Now, I am happy to have received a review copy of a new e-book version of the first
A review of the J Alfred Prufrock Murders by Corinne Holt Sawyer – e-book coming soon Read More »
