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Book Review: The Good, The Bad, And The Aunties by Jesse Q. SutantoNewlywed Meddy Chan is looking forward to jetting straight from her European honeymoon with her beloved husband Nathan to her family’s hometown in...
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Cooking the Books: Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane KellyHouse flipper Whitney Whitaker and her cousin and business partner, Buck, are looking for their next project when they find a historic firehouse in...
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Book Review: The Mystery Writer by Sulari GentillSulari Gentill takes her keen eye for meta-textual literary mysteries and applies them to the conspiracy theory in this, her latest compelling...
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Book Review: Murder by Lamplight by Patrice McDonoughWe’ve been here before, examining a mutilated body in the fetid alleys of London’s East End. It’s November 1886, decades before Jack the Ripper...
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Book Review: The Wedding Party by L. R. JonesReality doesn’t dovetail with what’d you’d expect from an almost-married couple. Meet the bride and groom: Carrie Reynolds is a nurse at Denver’s...
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A World Beneath: Peter Blauner on his novel The IntruderOn a bitingly cold February morning, thirty-one years ago, my wife woke me with an urgent request. “Get this kid outside. He’s been driving me nuts...
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Book Review: The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova JacobsWhen electrical engineer Claude Touschard goes into the circular subterranean tunnel that makes up a large part of the “Machine”, as the Large...
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Book Review: She’s Not Sorry by Jeff AyersAn ICU nurse struggles to stay emotionally detached from a case in Mary Kubica’s latest thriller. Work-life is already challenging for Meghan...
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Book Review: Cheater by Karen RoseOne of the hottest trends in crime fiction is seniors being murdered and/or seniors solving murders. Cheater is set in a San Diego retirement...
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Cooking the Books: A Catered Quilting Bee by Isis CrawfordSisters Libby and Bernie Simmons know very little about quilting, but they’re experts when it comes to catering. Thus, they’re thrilled to be able...
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Book Review: How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen PerrinAnnie Adams is despairing of making a go of her writing career when she gets an unusual summons. Her Great Aunt Frances apparently wants her to...
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Book Review: A Deadly Walk In Devon by Nicholas GeorgeThe disparate group of American tourists who make up the Wanderers walking tour through Devon have more in common than you might think. Rick...
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Book Review: The Dredge by Brendan FlahertyDebut novelist Brendan Flaherty grew up outside Hartford, Connecticut and later attended Washington University. He earned an MFA from Boston...
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Killer Beginnings: Five Crime Novels with Dazzling Opening ScenesWhen I started planning my latest novel, I had nothing but a character and a situation: What if a girl of eleven climbed out her bedroom window one...
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From Imagination to Ink: Crafting Histories and Heroes in Thriller FictionMost thriller writers are suckers for a good story. I’m one of them. And if the story is true, many of us start playing the “what-if” game. What if...
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Cooking the Books: Molten Death by Leslie KarstWhat could be more relaxing than a vacation in Hawaii, especially when it’s in celebration of two important life milestones? California-based...
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Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth: A Visual GuideDarling Girls by Sally Hepworth is a thrilling page-turner of sisterhood, secrets, love, and murder. For as long as they can remember…...
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Book Review: Murder Road by Simone St JamesTwenty-somethings April Delray and Eddie Carter have just gotten married in the hot summer of July 1995. They’ve taken about five days off from...
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Book Review: The Other Lola by Ripley JonesThe last thing that Cam Munoz and Blair Johnson expected was for their investigative podcast into the disappearance of Clarissa Campbell to not...
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Is This Relationship Toxic or Just Complicated?Crime Fiction Featuring Ride-or-Dies, Emphasis on the Die There’s a reason we joke that a real friend is someone who’ll help you hide a body. We...
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Featured Excerpt: Off the Air by Christina EstesChapter 1 “I’d like a cheeseburger with extra guacamole and—” “Extra guac is a dollar,” barks the man behind the counter. “Sure, no...
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Cooking the Books: Deep Fried Death by Maddie DayRestaurant owner and amateur sleuth Robbie Jordan is looking forward to watching her diner’s entry compete in the popular Outhouse Race held every...
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Featured Excerpt: Nosy Neighbors by Freya SampsonSeven DOROTHY The first Dorothy knew of the events in flat one was the sound of the siren. Initially, she gave little thought to its distant wail....
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Book Review: Blessed Water by Margot DouaihyAfter the traumatic events chronicled in Margot Douaihy’s debut novel Scorched Grace , our heroine Sister Holiday is settling back into her life...
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Featured Excerpt: If Something Happens to Me by Alex FinlayPrologue Leavenworth, Kansas “We don’t have to . . . ,” Ryan says in a whisper. Alison doesn’t reply as she drives her father’s pristine BMW sedan...
