Crime/Mystery

A Trace of Deceit is second in a series by Karen Odden. You do not have to read the first to enjoy the second, although there are a couple subtle links/mentions that you’ll enjoy if you do. The first one …

During the hot, California summer, having run through my stack of library books, I’d climb up to the top floor of our house and grab one of the Robert B. Parker paperbacks my parents had stacked underneath an end table. …

This review is dedicated to Debbie, whose love of the series I probably can’t match, but I’m forever grateful to her for introducing it to me. For the last few months (about a year actually now!) I have been reading …

Two of my three first reviews for this site were mysteries and, especially when you consider the third one was a cookbook, that says something about my reading habits right now. For me, the appeal of mysteries has always been …

The Summary Young adult writer Maureen Johnson crafted the world of the Truly Devious trilogy over three books: Truly Devious, The Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall. All three feature as aspiring detective and high school student Stevie …

The Summary With their mom off to rehab and their dad unknown to them since birth, twins Ellery and Ezra are left with their grandmother in the small town of Echo Ridge, living in the house where their mother and …

A Bitter Feast is a much anticipated addition to the Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James series. Fans of Louise Penny and Tana French will love the tightly-wound, yet twisting plots of these addictive mysteries. The series centers around Scotland Yard …

Bruised, broken, lost. Confined to a room in the middle of nowhere with no hope of escaping on your own. Everyone around you seems to be preparing for something. Something big. Something dangerous. And there’s nothing you can do to …

The Hound of Justice is the second installment in the Janet Watson Chronicles, a variation of Sherlock Holmes with a modern-day twist. In the first book of the series, A Study in Honor, we met the series’ protagonist, Janet Watson. …

When I was reading about this book and saw that it “combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir,” I knew I wanted to read it. It didn’t disappoint! This book was one that was pretty hard to put …