The case that doesn’t stop metastasizing… One of the things I love about police procedurals is the way that the detectives typically don’t get to concentrate on one case at a time. This seems to me to be a lot like real life. After all, who among us is lucky enough to get to think …
Review of Fall Guy by Archer Mayor – coming soon Read More »
Peacocks and weddings and some not-so-cold crime… The Meg Langslow series is one of a very few series that I have to read by myself, because I end up unexpectedly laughing out loud at least a couple of times in every book – and often more than a couple! And in Round Up the Usual …
Review of Round Up the Usual Peacocks by Donna Andrews – recently published Read More »
A bit disappointing… I have been a big fan of Lindsey Davis’ original Falco series and spin-off Flavia Albia books for years. I’ve enjoyed Falco’s snark, Helena Justina’s class, Falco and Helena Justina’s odd and happy partnership, Falco’s odder and somewhat hapless family, Helena Justina’s almost as hapless brothers, Flavia Albia’s own style of snark, …
Review of A Desperate Undertaking by Lindsey Davis – recently published Read More »
Ursula Blanchard is still at the top of her game… In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve been a fan of Fiona Buckley’s Ursula Blanchard series for years – and years – and years. And Golden Cargoes exemplifies what I like most about the series: Buckley’s ability to craft an engaging tale in a detailed …
A review of Golden Cargoes by Fiona Buckley – recently published Read More »
A pretty good mystery and I really liked the setting… I’ve wanted to try the County Cork series by Sheila Connolly for a while, so I was happy to receive a review copy of Fatal Roots. And although I was a little worried that it might be confusing to start with the eighth and most …
Just what were they up to in that not-so-secret secret society? Rotten to the Core is the second book I’ve read in TE Kinsey’s Lady Hardcastle series, and I enjoyed it quite as much as I did the previous one. (See my review of The Fatal Flying Affair here.) At first, I was a little …
Review of Rotten to the Core by TE Kinsey – just published Read More »
A solid and enjoyable investigative procedural – except for the ever-present chapter cliff-hangers… I am a late-comer to the Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs, having read only this book, and the book preceding this one in the series. (See my review of The Bone Code here.) Like the previous book, Cold Cold Bones was …
A review of Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs, coming in early July Read More »
Excellent, but don’t try to read them all in a hurry… Reviewing an anthology of short stories, and especially short stories by different authors, can be difficult, since it’s likely that there will be some stories that will work for some readers, and some stories that won’t. And it probably won’t be the same ones …
A bit of a departure from a traditional Francis horse-thriller… Felix Francis has done a very nice job continuing his father’s horse-themed mysteries, and if you only read the blurb on its webpage, Iced seems to be just another one of these. Iced is actually a bit more than that, though, as it bounces back …
Review of Iced from Felix Francis – coming soon in the US Read More »
Simply fun… It’s hard to say which is more enjoyable – Kerry Greenwood’s note at the beginning of this collection of short stories, letting readers in on how she “discovered” The Honourable Phryne Fisher, or the short stories themselves. Both are delightful. And I was amused to find that the author thinks of Phryne as …
review of The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions by Kerry Greenwood – coming soon Read More »
