Tag: Mystery
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“The Murder at World’s End” by Ross Montgomery
It’s May 1910, and the Haley Comet is once again passing close enough to Earth to be visible with the naked eye. And once again, some take it as an engaging scientific experience, while others prepare for the end of the world. At the small tidal island off the Cornish coastline, Lord Stockingham-Welt is busy…
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“Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For” by Leonie Swann
I enjoyed two previous books in the “Miss Sharp Investigates” series by Leonie Swann and was excited to learn that the third book, “Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For,” is set to be published in 2026. Luckily, I got my hands on the advance copy, thanks to the publisher and Netgalley. It was…
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“The Storm” by Rachel Hawkins
Geneva, a woman with the unusual first name, is the owner and innkeeper of the famous, century-old inn on the coast of Alabama’s St. Medards Bay. She inherited the inn from her parents and has been struggling with keeping the place afloat. The guests appreciate its charm, but the bay is frequently battered by powerful…
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“Mockingbird Court” by Juneau Black
Sometimes I feel like reading something lighthearted, whimsical, and relaxing, especially in the fall, when the days start getting shorter and darker, and diving into a book that tackles serious issues doesn’t appeal. The Shady Hollow series latest – and the final – installment fits the bill. Vera Vixen, the village reporter and self-proclaimed detective,…
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“The Armchair Detectives” by Matt Dunn
Martin Maxwell is an 84-year-old former government agent (he refers to his employer as “The Company”), now retired and recuperating from a hip replacement at a retirement home located on the beautiful, albeit cloudy, coast of England. He observes that people are dying there in bigger numbers than the national statistics and finds it alarming.…
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“The Killing Stones” by Ann Cleeves
“The Killing Stones” is the new mystery by Ann Cleeves featuring DI Jimmy Perez and his partner Willow Reeve. They moved to Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, hoping to have more time and peace of mind to raise their son, James. Willow is pregnant with their second child and on maternity leave. She…
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“The Lake Escape” by Jamie Day
“The Lake Escape” by Jamie Day is a summer book: something you can quickly pick up and read sitting in a beach chair and sipping iced tea, then promptly put it aside when a seagull tries to steal your snack. In the style of recently popular movies and novels, “rich people behaving badly”, the story…
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“The Bewitching” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The latest novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a dark, atmospheric horror/mystery, consisting of three clearly defined storylines. Minerva, a young Mexican woman, is a student at a New England college, writing her thesis. It’s 1998, and strange things happen. She often feels a sense of foreboding, as if she has been watched. At one point,…
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“Big Bad Wool” by Leonie Swann
It’s winter, and the flock of sheep from “Three Bags Full,” the first book in a series “The Sheep Detective Stories” by Leonie Swann, goes to France, together with their shepherdess Rebecca and her eccentric, tarot-reading mom. They stay on a snowy meadow, with Rebecca’s trailer close by and a majestic chateau in the distance.…
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“Against the Grain” by Peter Lovesey
Peter Diamond, a police detective in Bath, is contemplating – without much enthusiasm – a retirement. He agrees to go for a short vacation to test the waters of living in the small village community of Baskerville, where, as his partner Paloma suggests, he can relax and enjoy the slower pace. So Diamond, with Paloma…
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