Mystery/Crime
The Devil All the Time
Pollock returns to southern Ohio, the setting for his collection of short stories, Knockemstiff, and unleashes a bizarre and compelling…
The Adjustment
The term “anti-hero” fits Wayne Ogden to a T, although it’s not a term you would think to apply to…
The Midsummer Crown (Roger the Chapman Mysteries)
This is a locked room mystery with a fascinating historical backdrop. It is set in England during the months in…
Scotland Yard’s First Cases
Joan Lock has written several books on the British police. This title describes the most significant cases handled by Scotland…
King’s Gold
Here is a tale about the costs of remaining loyal when the tides of favor imprison King Edward II, while…
The Ocean Forest: Murder in Myrtle Beach
In the ’40s, the Ocean Forest in Myrtle Beach is a grand hotel frequented by the Southern upper class, of…
Mystery in the Minster
Dead ends and red herrings are as frustrating as York’s interminable rain in Susanna Gregory’s 17th chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.…
The Rose of the World (A Hawkenlye Mystery)
In 13th-century England, we find a former abbess, Helewise, who has renounced her vows, deserted the nunnery, and is living…
A Bespoke Murder
Edward Marston is best known for his popular railway detective series, and here he is branching out into a new…
Death on the Rive Nord
This is the second in Magson’s Lucas Rocco series, set in Picardie in the early 1960s. Rocco, a tough Parisian…
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