band-centered stories, but luckily for us readers, I seem to be dead wrong, because so many authors are masters their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts, and the band's mysterious

found I've been resisting reading this year's Troubled Blood, the newest book in the Cormoran Strike mystery

And if not, does he have self-mastery to take a loss, stay cool in defeat, and try again undaunted?

after crisis erupts, situations require ingenuity, teamwork, selflessness, and a more sophisticated mastery

horrifyingly) titillated by the dark activities recounted and wild accusations raised, and the men drum up hysteria

French's character- and relationship-driven mysteries keep me waiting anxiously for the twists and turns She writes literary mysteries without cheap thrills and gimmicky tricks.