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Review: Tipper Lake: A Tyler Monroe Mystery by Walter Thomas Geer

Tipper Lake: A Tyler Monroe Mystery

There is a strange allure to the Deep South that has captivated authors and readers alike; life moves slower, but mysteries seem to run deeper. In that beloved tradition, author Walter Thomas Geer presents a new halfhearted hero, Detective Tyler Monroe, in Tipper Lake. This novel unrolls like a slow Southern drawl, but the scenes and characters are edged with danger, betraying something more menacing just below the surface.

After a judge is murdered in what appears to be an open-and-shut case, Tyler Monroe moves down to a temporary post in Georgia, where his New York background is far […]

2019-02-11T09:11:04+02:00May 10th, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |

Searching for Gatsby: A Ronnie Lake Murder Mystery by Niki Danforth

Searching for Gatsby: A Ronnie Lake Murder MysteryRonnie Lake is a fifty-something divorcee, starting out as a private investigator. When she’s invited to her wealthy friends’ party, a thief is murdered. The mystery then begins: not only who killed him, but what he was trying to steal. This leads Ronnie deep into the world of antique book collecting, where there’s a lot of money involved, and a lot of potential suspects, in this fun cozy mystery.

The mystery of Searching for Gatsby is two-fold: of course there’s a murder to solve, but also Ronnie Lake has to uncover the business of rare book collecting, with fascinating detail […]

2017-03-23T09:58:09+02:00March 23rd, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: In Albuquerque, Abandoned by Tower Lowe

In Albuquerque, Abandoned by Tower Lowe

Keeping the adventures of a sleuthing duo fresh can be a challenge for any writer, but it seems as though Tower Lowe has figured out the secret to success. Within the pages of In Albuquerque, Abandoned, the seventh novel in her Cinnamon/Burro New Mexico Mysteries series, readers are not only sucked into the story of a mysterious fraternal murder, but also the strange depths of Cinnamon and Burro’s lives.

This uniquely named crime-solving team is not your average pair, and both have deeply rooted issues that define them as characters. From Burro’s schizophrenic visions to Cinnamon’s demons of abandonment, […]

2019-02-11T09:10:05+02:00March 1st, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: A Pyre of Roses by Roland P. Joseph

A Pyre of Roses

Michael Attzs is a man with no past. He has but a flash of memory of a man leaving him in an orphanage in a Trinidadian village under the iron rule of Catholicism and colonialism, but this is all he has of his childhood. When his wife and child are brutally killed, a mysterious stranger wants to finger him for their deaths. Even police procedural documents show different events, while secrets and lies hide the truth – but why? Things get really strange when he marries a woman that seems to have just as little past as he does, and […]

2019-02-11T09:09:45+02:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Aggravated Momentum by Didi Oviatt

Aggravated Momentum by Didi Oviatt

In the aftermath of a brutal murder, Markie is struggling to find her footing in the world. Aided by her sister, Kam, the two are finally finding ways for Markie to enjoy life again. Unfortunately, life has other plans as tragedy befalls them once more. It soon becomes clear that these events are far from random occurrences, and the only freedom from a life of torment two sisters can find is finding the mastermind behind it all. Complicated and compelling, Didi Oviatt delivers a deadly and exhilarating murder mystery with her new book, Aggravated Momentum.

The mystery of the […]

2019-02-11T09:09:25+02:00November 8th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: A Killing Too Close to Home by Karen Berg-Raftakis

A Killing Too Close to Home by Karen Berg-Raftakis

With a sassy, case-cracking heroine in the form of Arianna Archer, A Killing Too Close to Home is an amusing and suspenseful mystery. Bored from a long break between cases, Arianna is a new consultant for the Meadowville Police Department and eager to sink her teeth into a new case, but what she doesn’t expect is for one of her closest friends to be the next murder victim. This emotional case is fast-paced, like the majority of the prose, and it is important to pay attention to the details, because Berg-Raftakis includes plenty of red herrings and classic tricks of […]

2019-02-11T09:09:15+02:00November 2nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Closure: An Eli Quinn Mystery by Robert Roy Britt

 	 Closure: An Eli Quinn MysteryMurder rocks the sleepy town of Pleasant, Arizona, and ex-reporter Eli Quinn is on the case. Fresh off his uncertain vacation from his job with the Arizona Republic to track down his wife’s killer, he returns with the perp behind bars, yet he can’t bring himself to slip back into his old life behind a desk. With the encouragement of his close companions, he moves into the seedy world of private investigation, and a shocking murder hits home at the right time for Eli to test his mettle.

The first book of the Eli Quinn series is a gritty, hard-boiled […]

2019-01-24T19:43:10+02:00October 26th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Review: First Kill: An Eli Quinn Mystery by Robert Roy Britt

★★★★★ First Kill: An Eli Quinn Mystery by Robert Roy Britt

Most private eye mysteries have a tendency to fall into common tropes and expected stylization, and there is rarely a reboot within the genre. Robert Roy Britt, the author of First Kill, works against that common grain and has created a believable and likable private eye in Eli Quinn that doesn’t seem like a cliché stepping out of a film noir classic. With two books about Quinn firmly under his belt, the author has settled into a comfortable writing style, seemingly effortless, which drives this book’s unpredictable plot forward at a perfect pace.

When a woman named Madison […]

2019-01-24T19:43:01+02:00October 3rd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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