Review of Fool’s Paradise by Mike Lupica – a Jesse Stone novel

A great first outing for Mike Lupica in Jesse Stone’s world… I’m often not a huge fan of follow-on books in series whose original author has died, but I very much liked Fool’s Paradise, Mike Lupica’s first crack at a title in Robert B Parker’s Jesse Stone series.  Lupica has also previously written two titles

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A review of The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans – published today

The Physicists’ Daughter was one of my four or five most favorite mysteries of 2022, so I’ve been eagerly looking forward to the next book in the series, The Traitor Beside Her.   And it doesn’t disappoint! All of the same elements that I loved in the first book are still there in this one, however

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Review of The Starlet Letter by Julie Mathison – out tomorrow

A fun YA mystery that’s good for adults too… I hadn’t realized that The Starlet Letter was a young adult mystery when I requested a review copy.  But that didn’t really matter too much – it was still a fun mystery with an engaging pair of protagonists, and a really nicely developed historical background.   Vivian

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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J Bernstein is on sale at Kindle US

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J Bernstein looks really interesting and is on sale for $2.99 at Kindle US right now. Per its blurb, it’s “[a] Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization”. Buy at Kindle US

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Multiple books in Chris Lloyd’s Catalan series are on sale right now in the US and UK

Two of the three books in Chris Lloyd’s Catalan series are $1.99 each right now in the US, and all three are £1.99 each at Kindle UK. Not sure why the difference, but maybe the second one will still drop in the US, so I’m giving series links for easy price-check. The books are: City

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