

Review of Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel (New Miss Marple #1) by Agatha Christie and Lucy Foley
I loved Foley's 1950s-set snowy mountaintop murder mystery, informed by Agatha Christie's style and iconic Miss Marple character, but incorporating Foley's signature multiple point-of-view perspectives and addressing issues that feel relevant today. The fictional Grand Alpine Hotel is located high in the Swiss Alps and can only be accessed by a winding railway. It feels to some like the perfect getaway in 1950, five years following the end of World War II. So when two nuns, a
2 days ago


Review of Nine Liars (Truly Devious #5) by Maureen Johnson
The fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious young adult mystery series showcases Stevie Bell's instincts, doggedness, and ability to uncover the truth, this time in London while she and her friends visit Stevie's long-distance boyfriend David and investigate a decades-old double murder in a group of Cambridge friends. In the fifth in Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series, skilled amateur high school sleuth Stevie Bell is in denial about her senior-year to-do list. She is ov
Oct 23, 2025


Review of Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser
I shuddered as I read (during daylight hours only) Caroline Fraser's painstaking accounts of the shockingly numerous serial killers who...
Sep 10, 2025


Review of The Tainted Cup (Shadow of the Leviathan #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
A leviathan lurks in the ocean, threatening destruction on a grand scale, while an unorthodox, brilliant investigator and her stalwart...
Aug 22, 2024


Review of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Listen for the Lie offers a fascinating story structure, dark humor, and deeply flawed characters as main protagonist Lucy works to...
Mar 13, 2024
