Double Cross – By James Patterson
February 25, 2025I love John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series but always thought that his love scenes were...
Lots in a Name
February 22, 2025Rather more subtle is Hercule Poirot, whose name contains elements of both “Hercules”, the classical hero,...
The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke
February 16, 2025Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...
City of Fire By Robert Ellis
February 15, 2025There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...
Gentlemen and Players
February 15, 2025Yet it is the amateur, the eccentric and the outsider who plays the hero in the...
Trashed by Alison Gaylin
February 14, 2025These driven individuals scour celebrity garbage cans, pose as anyone but themselves, lie as though the...
The Quiet Girl by Peter Høeg
February 13, 2025A thriller is often a race, but without the understanding of exactly why this girl is...
The Snake Stone by Jason Goodwin
February 12, 2025Goodwin now returns with another mystery, a tale as exotic as the first one, delicious in...
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
February 10, 2025The novel is set in the lake country of northern Minnesota and the wilds of bordering...
The Solution to History
February 10, 2025These days the historical mystery buff can choose from works featuring Owen Archer, Prioress Eleanor, Petroc...