"A Gripping Thriller That Blends Police Procedural, Psychological Drama, and Non-Stop Action"
Echoes of Darkness
by Darlene L. Turner
Reviewed by Sandra Martin
Posted June 26, 2025

ECHOES OF DARKNESS by Darlene Turner is a gripping love-inspired suspense thriller that blends police procedural, psychological drama Read more...

"Another amazing thriller!"
The Death Mask
by Iris Johansen
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted June 26, 2025

Eve Duncan has plans for the summer and they have nothing to do with THE DEATH MASK that someone really evil wants her to Read more...

"Take a bite of this new novel!!"
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
by V.E. Schwab
Reviewed by Lauren Grady-Fisher
Posted June 26, 2025

I won’t pretend to be an unbiased reviewer when it comes to V.E. Schwab.  The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Read more...

"A Labor Day festival is marred by death in this cosy mystery"
Fondue or Die
by Korina Moss
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 26, 2025

Lockwood, Sonoma Valley, hosts an annual Labor Day weekend festival called Dairy Days. Willa Bauer of the lively Read more...

"This scary police procedural is a fable for our times"
The Fields
by Erin Young
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 26, 2025

Black Hawk County’s first female police sergeant, Riley Fisher, features in a story about serial crimes, agriculture Read more...

"A tragedy strikes in Singapore in 1910"
Revenge in Rubies
by A.M. Stuart
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 26, 2025

Singapore is once more the setting for the inquisitive shorthand typist for the Detective Branch, Harriet Gordon. Read more...

"An Atmospheric Small-Town Thriller Steeped in Dread"
Boney Creek
by Paula Gleeson
Reviewed by Sandra Martin
Posted June 22, 2025

BONEY CREEK is one of those small towns where secrets run deep and danger hides in plain sight. When Addie and her husband Toby Read more...

"The final Arkady Renko book brings the policeman from Moscow to Ukraine"
Hotel Ukraine
by Martin Cruz Smith
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 22, 2025

Detective Arkady Renko has starred in eleven crime novels, beginning of Read more...

"Suffragettes and Bohemians show that 1912 England was changing in this mystery"
Lady Rights a Wrong
by Eliza Casey
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 22, 2025

This sweet historical mystery features a Read more...

"A complex and powerful story"
A Promise to Arlette
by Serena Burdick
Reviewed by Evie Harris
Posted June 20, 2025

If it hadn't been for World War II Ida, an English woman, and Sidney, an American, would not have met.  He probably Read more...

"A space war has ended, but peace is uneasy"
Ballistic
by Marko Kloos
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 19, 2025

Marko Kloos is a military science fiction author, and only about half of the characters are in Read more...

"Journey past your childhood."
The Love Fix
by Jill Shalvis
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted June 19, 2025

Certain authors can be read repeatedly. I search out anything penned by Jill Shalvis. Some of my friends don’t understand my devotion Read more...

"He wants what is his and she is his!"
One Dark Kiss
by Rebecca Zanetti
Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted June 19, 2025

Alexei Sokolov has spent seven years in a maximum-security prison. The only thing on his mind all these years is revenge on the Read more...

"Stepping out of your comfort zone could hold many surprises"
Cruel Summer
by Maisey Yates
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted June 19, 2025

I remember the first time I heard the expression - swingers. Candidly I imagine folks who like going out, drinking, and dancing. Yep. Naive that Read more...

"Some legacies must be protected at all costs"
Where the Rivers Merge
by Mary Alice Monroe
Reviewed by Evie Harris
Posted June 18, 2025

WHERE THE RIVERS MERGE, a novel by Mary Alice Monroe opened in 1988.  Eliza has just turned eighty-eight years old and remains Read more...

"These shopkeepers are unalike as chocolate and cheese, in a tasty mystery"
Bait and Swiss
by Korina Moss
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 18, 2025

Willa Bauer opened a cheese specialty shop after a trip to France, and her business, Curds & Whey in Read more...

"Inheriting a stately home means inheriting trouble"
False Gold
by Veronica Heley
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 17, 2025

Bea Abbot, who was previously featured in Read more...

"A Feel-Good Novel That Highlights the Importance of Human Connection"
The Second Chance Convenience Store
by Ho-Yeon Kim
Reviewed by Sandra Martin
Posted June 16, 2025

THE SECOND CHANCE CONVENIENCE STORE by Kim Ho-Yeon, translated by Janet Hong, is an international bestseller that Read more...

"If only the walls could talk"
Albion
by Anna Hope
Reviewed by Evie Harris
Posted June 16, 2025

ALBION.  Even the name of the eighteenth-century estate sounds regal. It is not a property without secrets. Secrets that are about to Read more...

"Dognappers threaten a Mississippi town"
Doggone Bones
by Carolyn Haines
Reviewed by Clare O'Beara
Posted June 16, 2025

Another enjoyable case begins for keen private investigator Sarah Booth DelaneyRead more...