Mystery

Paper Son

First of all, I have to admit that when I started Paper Son, I didn't realize it was number twelve…

5 years ago

The Mitford Murders

I'm really enjoying Jessica Fellowes' new series The Mitford Murders. In the first novel, Louisa Cannon is barely getting by…

5 years ago

#EightCandleBookTag: 8 Memorable School Novels

This year, I spent most of my time teaching and studying, so for Davida's Eight Candle Book Tag, I chose to…

5 years ago

CLUE Revisited: In The Hall With The Knife

In The Hall With The Knife, by Diana Peterfreund, is a young adult CLUE remake. During a freakish storm at…

5 years ago

The Better Liar

When The Better Liar begins, Leslie's father's will gives a large inheritance to each daughter, on the condition that both…

5 years ago

The Cheerleaders

I read The Cheerleaders while working an 80+ hour week, during which I got to do my actual work of…

5 years ago

The Passengers

I got this one at SDCC, after answering some questions for the book-recommendation robot at the publisher's table. The robot…

5 years ago

Pretty Guilty Women

I was first attracted to Pretty Guilty Women on NetGalley because I thought it was a Liane Moriarty novel, Truly Madly Guilty, so…

5 years ago

The Furies

I was so excited to receive a copy of The Furies! The story summary, about four private-school girls and the…

5 years ago

The Turn Of The Key

Ruth Ware's newest novel, The Turn Of The Key, blends the creepily invasive smarthome of The Girl Before with the highland…

5 years ago

A Study In Silks

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway is described as the adventures of Evelina Cooper, the mystery-solving niece of Sherlock…

5 years ago

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See’s newest novel, The Island of Sea Woman, takes place on Korea’s Jeju Island, where women divers support themselves…

6 years ago

Prehistoric Creatures and Small-Town Life in ‘Camouflage’

Camouflage by Ivy Keating and Scott Spotson is a sci-fi mystery set in a small Connecticut town. The story hinges…

6 years ago

Fairest: In All The Land

I almost always read comics as trades. Sometimes comics fans will tell me that I should stop waiting for the…

6 years ago

The Milanese Stars

The Milanese Stars opens just after a spectacular gem theft in a picturesque Milan neighborhood. The theft happened just down…

6 years ago

A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder

Ok, full disclosure, I stumbled across this while looking for The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, the upcoming sequel to…

7 years ago

The Lost Concerto

After the suspicious drowning death of her husband and the unsolved murder of her best friend, Sofia, Maggie O'Shea doesn't seem…

7 years ago

Solid Citizens

Before receiving David Wishart's new novel Solid Citizens, I'd already read Ovid, Germanicus, and Sejanus, also Roman mysteries by the…

7 years ago

IndieReader: A Pyre of Roses

I have a new book review up on IndieReader.com: A Pyre of Roses tells the story of Michael Attzs, a…

8 years ago

Margaritas & Murder: Sunny Truly #1

When her little sister’s best friend is accused of murder, rumpled apprentice investigator Sunny Truly is determined to find the…

8 years ago

Club Monstrosity

When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters must put aside their differences and…

8 years ago

Finished Business: Marcus Corvinus #16

David Wishart's "Finished Business" is the sixteenth in the series, so Marcus Corvinus is aging a bit now, and becomes…

9 years ago