I’m a fan of Logan McKenna and this series and Stone Cold is a great addition. Logan volunteers to work with a retired cop on a group of cold case murder files when a long-dead body is unearthed during construction of a new housing development. The skeleton is Brooke, a 16-year-old girl who went missing … More Stone Cold (A Logan McKenna Mystery) [Review]
“This is a deeply plotted and multi-layered story that is definitely not fully over when the last page is turned.” This is the first book in what will be a series (additional books not yet written) featuring Clearwater, Florida homicide detective Karen Skaryd (Scare -id) and her husband, plumber and hybrid rose horticulturist, Brock. The … More Death in Utopia by Phillip Vega [Review]
“There is a story here, and I’m hoping that the upcoming motion picture will distill this book down into something watchable. My advice is to wait for the movie.” This cozy mystery is 90% cozy and (at best) 10% mystery. The story meanders and meanders. The prose is packet with description of unimportant things, characters … More The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman [Review]
“What makes this story fly is the dialogue. It’s crisp, witty, and carries the narrative of the story without much “inside the head” of the characters exposition.” The (lucky) thirteenth book in John C. Daglish’s “City Murders” series brings us to Kansas City. This author has an amazing ability to capture the specific locations and … More Kansas City Homicide, by John C. Daglish [review]
“I highly recommend this series, and Devil’s Claw is a key cog in the development of Logan’s relationships and her very entertaining world.” This is the third book in Ms. Davisson’s wonderful Logan McKenna series. I am a Logan fan and this story is filled with the author’s very real and human characters, which is … More Devil’s Claw, by Valerie Davisson [review]
This book is not a traditional mystery. The interest for the reader is not in what happened, but rather in experiencing how the characters react as they discover what the reader already knows. This book is marketed as a “Psychological thriller.” For readers who enjoy getting deep inside the heads of characters and experience the … More Free Fall, by Nina Atwood [Review]
“An Edge-of-your-seat mystery with one of my favorite characters.” I’m a big fan of the Logan Mckenna mysteries and Look Again is another winner. The whodunit elements are compelling, the characters are interesting, and Ms. Davisson’s writing is entertaining. Get a cup of hot cocoa and settle in for a long night because you are … More Look Again (A Logan McKenna Mystery), by Valerie Davisson [Review]
A few weeks ago, author David Baldacci was interviewed on the national YouTube channel, The Douglas Coleman Show. I was very happy to appear on the show on July 12th to talk about the new book, Fatal Infraction. You can watch the interview at this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/43QZMdHldUY
Author Jane Suen says this book was inspired by a road sign in Alabama reading: Murder Creek. From that, she spins out a Novella about a college student (Eve), who crosses that same highway bridge and becomes entranced by how Murder Creek got its name. Eve begins digging into both a two-hundred-year-old war battle and … More Murder Creek, by Jane Suen [REVIEW]
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