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Review of Maisie Dobbs (Maisie Dobbs #1) by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath of World War I in this...

Review of A Conspiracy in Belgravia (Lady Sherlock #2) by Sherry Thomas

Book two of Thomas's Lady Sherlock series offers a robust dual mystery, clever female characters, priceless gems of insight from...

Review of What Remains by Wendy Walker

Wendy Walker's thriller focuses on a detective, her stalker, and the lengths both will go to to try to get what they want. This is a...

Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson

Jackson doesn't skimp on heart-pounding pacing, captivating character development, and dark turns in this third book in her young adult...

Review of Fallen: A Novel of Suspense by Linda Castillo

Castillo's Amish setting is intriguing, I didn't see the resolution of the mystery coming, and I was kept engaged while listening to...

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/12/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a bizarre, dark set of short stories by a former Late Show with Stephen Colbert writer, Jen Spyra;...

April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite books from April! In no particular order, here's the gist of each of the books I most loved reading during the past...

Review of Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

Gardner's brand-new character-driven mystery offers an imperfect, unassuming heroine obsessed with solving the cold cases of missing...

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/18/21 Edition

01 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Evaristo won the Booker Prize in 2019 for this novel, which I'm listening to as an audiobook...

Six Historical Fiction Mysteries to Intrigue You

I love an intersection of historical fiction and mystery, two genres I love. Some of the books listed here also have supernatural elements.

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