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The Spanish Diplomat’s Secret by Nev March: Featured ExcerptChapter 1 Oddballs and Toffs Summer 1894 Day One: Evening I doubled over the ship’s railing and clung for dear life, my head even with my spattered...
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A Series of Hugely Fortunate EventsNo brand-new writer can confidently assert they are writing a series, however much they might intend to. The sobering fact is that most writers...
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Cooking the Books: Flat White Fatality by Emmeline DuncanBusiness is doing really well at Sage Caplin’s Ground Rules Coffee Cart and Roastery. While she slings drinks to consumers at the cart, her...
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Fatal Fudge Swirl by Meri Allen: Featured ExcerptCHAPTER 1 SATURDAY, The Day before Halloween Nothing like reading other people’s mail.” Flo Fairweather’s sky-blue eyes sparkled as she...
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The Block Party by Jamie Day: A Visual GuideThere goes the neighborhood. Jamie Day’s new domestic thriller, The Block Party , dives deep into the secrets and scandals that live beneath...
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Our Most Anticipated Reads: July 2023Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez In this shocking novel that is “both timely and emotional” and “sure to be the next big...
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Book Review: The Bone Riddle by Sara E. JohnsonAmerican forensic odontologist Alexa Glock is enjoying her work as a traveling examiner for Auckland’s Forensic Service Center. While identifying...
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Book Review: Dead Man’s Wake by Paul DoironAt last, patient readers can raise a glass to true love: Stacey Stevens and Mike Bowditch’s engagement has been a long time coming. “It’s a wonder...
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Book Review: The Senator’s Wife by Liv ConstantineA tragedy brings together a widow and a senator in Liv Constantine’s latest thriller. The two were friends before the incident that killed Senator...
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Cooking the Books: Blueberry Blunder by Amanda FlowerCandymaker and reality TV star Bailey King is ready to get started on the next stage of her career—building a candy factory near her and her Amish...
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Book Review: The Only One Left by Riley SagerRiley Sager may be a pseudonym but his work is anything but indistinguishable. Since making his debut with 2017’s Final Girls , which won the...
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Book Review: Murder Off the Books by Tamara BerryMystery author Tess Harrow is starting to get the wrong sort of reputation for her bestselling Detective Gonzales mystery series: Ever since she’d...
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Minotaur Sampler, Volume 9 Titles as Summer Vacation SpotsSummer is here and so is the ninth edition of our Minotaur Sampler ! Read the beginnings of six can’t-miss titles to decide what to read—and...
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Book Review: The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison GoodmanLady Augusta Colebrook and her twin sister Lady Julia are in their forties, unmarried, and thus considered to be of negligible worth by vast...
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Book Review: Witch Upon a Star by Angela M. SandersSmall town librarian Josie Way is thrilled her younger sister Jean is coming to visit her in her newly adopted home of Wilfred, Oregon. But Jean...
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Book Review: All the Sinners Bleed by S.A. CosbyVirginia’s S.A. Cosby is one of the most celebrated names in contemporary crime fiction—and for good reason. His gritty, heartrending, and nuanced...
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Book Review: The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia GrayI enjoyed this pastiche of Jane Austen’s works – where the characters and their children are embroiled in murder mysteries after the events of her...
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Cooking the Books: Give Fudge a Chance by Nancy CocoHotelier and fudge-maker Allie McMurphy is really excited about showing her fudge at the Mackinac County Fair, held for the first time in a long...
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Book Review: Sing Her Down by Ivy PochodaThe latest novel from critically acclaimed novelist Ivy Pochoda starts promisingly, in a women’s correctional facility in Arizona. One of our...
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Book Review: Murder on Mustang Beach by Alicia BessetteCallie Padgett has settled back into life on Cattail Island after years away on the mainland as an investigative journalist. Nowadays, she’s happy...
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Book Review: Killing Me by Michelle GagnonIt’s a sure sign that I’m completely immersed and entertained by a novel that when I learn of a sequel on the horizon—as Michelle Gagnon slyly...
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Book Review: Inside Threat by Matthew QuirkQuirk’s latest look inside the world of the Secret Service and how they operate in the White House throws the President into a well-plotted attempt...
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If You Think There Are No More Secrets, Think AgainThe irradiated portion of the vast Nevada desert, where we began testing nuclear weapons in the 1950s, is larger than the state of Rhode Island....
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Book Review: Independence Square by Martin Cruz SmithThe indignities of age just keep getting heaped upon the shoulders of our hero, the intrepid, incorruptible Russian police detective Arkady Renko....
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The Mind of a KillerWhat drives people to commit murder? I wrestled with the question as a law enforcement officer, and now continue to do so as a crime writer....
