Recently, I picked up and read the latest release in this series, Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night. I thought Sophie Hannah did a bang up job giving tribute to Agatha Christie’s Belgian detective and was eager to go back and get the series from the beginning. I went with the audio version and listened in to […]
The Kat Holloway series is one of my favorites in the historical mystery genre. Kat, being a cook, and there being all the food references doesn’t hurt at all. It’s a difficult time in history for women with limited choices. Kat is starting to ponder these options for Grace. Kat’s current post has the advantage […]
The Cal Hooper series is a newer one by Tana French. Cal is an American, originally from North Carolina, but was a cop in Chicago for 25 years. He is divorced with one adult daughter. He comes to Ireland for a quiet place to live in retirement. Cal has just moved into his […]
I’ve been enjoying these Parker City Mystery series books, set in a medium size town in the 1980s mostly. Each book seems to have a dual timeline and so does the fourth book, Black & White.  So far, all of the books alternate between the current date and the past. The chapters are clearly […]
I have recently been reading more books with National Park settings so this was a fit. Leave No Trace is a chilling story of terrorists employing methods and gathering insurrectionists in much as the attack on the Capital in 2021. The leaders are demented narcissists, so really similar. Our main characters are Michael Walker, who […]
I am always so excited and ready to read books by Kelley Armstrong, especially the Rockton series now Haven’s Rock series which is a spin-off as well as a direct continuation of the previous series. Our point of view has been and is Casey. I personally would start with the previous series because of the […]
Is Train noir a genre? If not, it should be. Kelly Dean Jolley can turn contemporary into nostalgic classic with the turn of a phrase. I had to keep reminding myself I was reading contemporary because I felt like the setting was the golden age of train travel and the characters and plot fit so […]
The continuation of the Cara Kennedy series is something I was very excited to read.  City Under One Roof introduces us to Cara as a new widow, struggling to put herself together and get answers. The setting of Point Mettier, Alaska with its one big building and so many interesting characters was well developed. […]
A shabby old estate on the edge of a Yorkshire village, a dead body, a mysterious painting, and the newly arrived American woman to take over her inheritance are the pieces to an intriguing mystery. Brandy Schillace was a new to me author and I was eager to give The Framed Women of Ardemore House– […]
Orphan X series is one I never want to miss. I would read the books in order because of the character developments and also because they are all amazing and fun! I’ve been worried about Evan. He can’t really have a normal life and has to stay hidden. I’m surprised the government isn’t after him […]