London Bridge Is Falling Down is the most recent (2021) in Christopher Fowler’s Bryant & May/Peculiar Crimes Unit series, other than a 2022 book that appears to not be a mystery, but to rather be kind of a travelogue of London from the POVs of the characters in the series. It has dropped to $2.99 […]
Hey everyone! It’s coming up on the holiday season! How many of you have time off between Christmas and New Years? I do, and in addition to doing some upkeep to the blog, I’ve got a long list of books to read. How about you? Do you have projects for the break? Or just seeing
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A fun outing in the Innkeepers world, with a bit of seriousness… Sometimes the books that are almost, but not quite, at the end of a series can be a bit slow – acting more-or-less as set-ups for the grand finale. But Sweep of the Heart, whose authors have hinted on their blog that there
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A great start to a new series… Fans of Jeri Westerson’s Crispin Guest “Medieval Noir” series will also enjoy the first book in her new King’s Fool series, Courting Dragons. This series features Will Somers, Henry VIII’s court jester, as the protagonist, and to be sure, there’s less noir, but all the key elements are
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Two books in Anna Lee Huber’s Verity Kent series are on sale in the US and UK right now, and discountable at Kobo. This Side of Murder, #1, $1.99/£1.63Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US | Kindle UK Treacherous Is the Night, #2, $1.99, not on sale in the UKBuy at Kindle US | Kobo
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Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets is the third in Rosemary Simpson’s Gilded Age series. It’s on sale right now in both the US ($1.99) and UK (£1.63), and it’s discountable at Kobo.Buy at Kindle US | Kobo US | Kindle UK Also, Lies That Comfort and Betray, which is the second in the series,
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A fun combination of alt-history, science fiction, and thriller… I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I was offered a review copy of Alan Smale’s Hot Moon. But what I found was a fun combination of alternative-history and science fiction, with a good bit of thriller thrown in for good measure. And there’s a
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I really liked the first half, but the second half, not so much… Murder in the Basement is the eighth in Anthony Berkeley’s Roger Sheringham series. Originally published in the 1930s, it recently has been e-published by Poisoned Pen Press as part of their British Library Crime Classics series, and I received a review copy
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The science-fiction classic, The Man Who Fell to Earth, by Walter Tevis, is £0.99 at Kindle UK right now as part of the “Countdown to Christmas” sale Buy at Kindle UK
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The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers has holiday themed short stories by 18 (eighteen!) authors, including lots that I recognize: Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Martin Limón, Timothy Hallinan, Teresa Dovalpage, Mette Ivie Harrison, Colin Cotterill, Ed Lin, Stuart Neville, Tod Goldberg, Henry Chang, James R. Benn, Lene Kaaberbøl/Agnete Friis, Sujata Massey,
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