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Book Review: Borrowed Trouble by Christine FalconeChristine Falcone may be a relative newcomer to the national mystery scene, but New Englanders have known of her talent for many years. A recently...
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The Crime of Foodless FictionPeople in my books tend to eat a lot. They also drink a lot of coffee and tea. Sometimes, booze. Why, you say? Well, but don’t we all?...
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Book Review: Unknown Rider by Jack StewartThe Top Gun franchise meets NCIS in Jack Stewart’s debut. Authenticity oozes out of every page since Stewart has a background as a U.S. Navy...
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Book Review: Last One Alive by Jennifer Graeser DornbushDr. Emily Hartford is at a crossroads in her life. About to finish her medical residency, she’s being wooed to take over her mentor’s private...
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Book Review: When I’m Dead by Hannah MorrisseyLiving in Black Harbor, Wisconsin’s most dangerous city, would be challenging enough for any family. But when you’re a medical examiner like Rowan...
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Cooking the Books: Bulletproof Barista by Cleo CoyleClare Cosi is more than thrilled that the Greenwich Village cafe she part owns is about to be a featured location on the hit streaming series Only...
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Book Review: The Spy Coast by Tess GerritsenMaggie Bird is a woman quietly living out her sixties in comfortable retirement, raising chickens on a farm in the small town of Purity, Maine. Her...
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Book Review: Last Girl Breathing by Court StevensLucy Michaels has spent far too many of her eighteen years attempting to allay her worrywart mother’s fears. Since her younger brother Clay died...
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Book Review: Perfect Shot by Steve UrszenyiUrszenyi’s Perfect Shot is a stellar debut, and from the outset, he brings a nonstop action thriller that reads like he’s been writing novels for...
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Book Review: The Mantis by Kotaro IsakaKabuto is many things: a family man, an office supplies salesman, and a shockingly good assassin. While he initially got into the latter two...
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Our Most Anticipated Reads: December 2023The Curse of Penryth Hall by Jess Armstrong An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life,...
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Book Review: Last Night At The Hollywood Canteen by Sarah JamesAnnie Laurence arrives in 1943 Hollywood still hurting from a devastating break-up. A playwright with an acclaimed Broadway murder mystery under...
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Let Dialogue Drive Your StoryAnyone who writes mystery and suspense would agree pacing is paramount, pages turning faster and faster as your protagonist (and the reader) race...
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Book Review: Murder Most Royal by SJ BennettRoyal fans are counting the days until season six of The Crown streams across our devices. As I posited in an essay about peccadilloes and...
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The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with Steve Urszenyi, author of Perfect Shot About Perfect Shot by Steve Urszenyi: Special Agent Alexandra Martel has put her days on the battlefield behind her. Charming and disarming,...
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Book Review: The Christmas Appeal by Janice HallettJanice Hallett’s latest witty, effervescent murder mystery brings us back to the world of the Fairway Players in all their dysfunctional glory, two...
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Book Review: American Girl by Wendy WalkerCharlie Hudson has worked hard her whole life not only to get by, but to live up to her mother’s high-flying aspirations for her. It’s not easy...
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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste Connally: Featured ExcerptCHAPTER 1 Monday, 17 April 1815 Buckfields, seat of the fifth Earl of Holbrook Newmarket, Suffolk “May I remind you, my lady, that daughters...
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Book Review: Christmas Presents by Lisa UngerMadeline Martin has worked hard to build a good life for herself in her small rural town. As owner of The Next Chapter Bookstore, she’s capitalized...
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Cooking the Books: Bruno’s Cookbook: Recipes and Traditions from a French Family Kitchen by Martin Walker and Julia WatsonThis sumptuous new cookbook was inspired by Martin Walker’s bestselling Bruno, Chief of Police mystery series. Set in the Périgord region of...
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Book Review: Murder By Degrees by Ritu MukerjiBeing a female doctor in late 1800s Philadelphia is not for the faint of heart, but Dr Lydia Weston finds fulfillment, if not outright courage, in...
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Five Overlooked Crime FightersI’ll admit it: I love an amateur sleuth the most. Why? Because we expect a police officer or detective to solve a crime. It is their actual...
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Book Review: It Takes Monsters by Mandy McHughVictoria Livingston Tate has had enough. While seemingly the happy and successful-in-her-own-right wife of Warren Tate, the CEO of Livingston...
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Book Review: Big Island L.A. by Boston TeranFor his fifteenth novel, Boston Teran brings back William “Landshark” Worth, the protagonist of his earlier cult classic tale, Never Count Out The...
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Book Review: My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahonAlison O’Conner survived an abusive childhood to become an author-illustrator with a bestselling book, a loving husband, and two thriving...
