The Darkest Room is set on the island of Oland in Sweden, and the setting is half the delight of this intriguing mystery. Like many […]
Stuart MacBride’s Blind Eye–another great Scottish mystery
Another great Scottish mystery writer—I don’t know how I could have overlooked MacBride for so long. He has an ongoing series featuring Detective Sergeant Logan […]
Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza: Brazilian mysteries with style
The Silence of the Rain; December Heat; Southwesterly Wind; A Window in Copacabana; Pursuit Recommended by a friend who rarely leads me astray, this mystery […]
Murder for Christ’s Mass–the Newest Templar Mystery
I’ve been waiting for Maureen Ash’s newest in the Knight Templar series. At the end of the last book, A Plague of Poison, de […]
The Girl Who Played with Fire: Smokin’ Read
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a favorite of mine last year (reveiwed here a few months ago). A generous friend who read my […]
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
I couldn’t have come up with a better title if I tried. This first book in the new cozy series—Cats in Trouble—is a winner if […]
Every Book Is Not For Everyone
Haven’t we all picked up books recommended by friends, family members, neighbors, or book reviewers? Often, they are wonderful reads, but occasionally they are books that we just […]
The Laughing Policeman by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo: Sweden in the 1960’s
The Laughing Policeman is one of a series of police procedurals featuring Superintendant Martin Beck and Detective Lennert Kollberg as well as several other detectives. […]
C. J. Box: Great Mysteries for Summer Entertainment
Beginning with “Open Season” in 2001, C. J. Box has published 11 books. Seven of them star Wyoming Game Warden Joe Picket, an introspective and […]
