Melancholy Manor by Ellie DeFarr My rating: 5 of 5 stars Melancholy Manor is the second mystery novel by Ellie DeFarr to feature tough private eye Hera Hunter, following ‘Haunting Memories from a Troubled Past’ last year. This story begins with Hera contemplating the execution - via the sights of her rifle - of a… Continue reading Melancholy Manor (Hera Hunter Mystery 2) by Ellie DeFarr
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Cherringham – Murder on Thames (Cherringham: Mystery Shorts Book 1) by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards
Murder on Thames by Matthew Costello My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cherringham “A Cosy Crime Series” is a joint writing project by US-based novel and games writer, Matthew Costello, and UK-based producer and writer, Neil Richards, to produce 12 mystery novellas over a year, based in the fictional English town of the title, in… Continue reading Cherringham – Murder on Thames (Cherringham: Mystery Shorts Book 1) by Matthew Costello & Neil Richards
Childhood Games by J.M. Roach
Childhood Games by J.M. Roach My rating: 5 of 5 stars Childhood Games is the amazing debut novel from screenwriter, J. M. Roach. Security consultant, Samantha Black, awakes in hospital, the only survivor of the brutal massacre of her nearest and dearest and the kidnapping of the girl that’s like a sister to her. That’s… Continue reading Childhood Games by J.M. Roach
Out of the Past (Reed Ferguson 5) by Renee Pawlish
Out of the Past by Renee Pawlish My rating: 5 of 5 stars Out of the Past is the latest in Renée Pawlish’s comic mystery series featuring Denver Private Eye, Reed Ferguson. In this tale, Reed is strong-armed – both physically and metaphorically – into baby-sitting the spoiled brattish daughter of local businessman, Forrest McMahon.… Continue reading Out of the Past (Reed Ferguson 5) by Renee Pawlish
Dying To Be Noticed by Catherine Leggitt
Dying To Be Noticed by Catherine Leggitt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dying to be Noticed is a stand-alone suspenseful murder mystery thriller by Catherine Leggitt, author of the Christine Sterling Mystery series. Heroine Avenelle Rossi Duprey is the obituary and society news writer for the weekly Marin County Journal, who lives alone with… Continue reading Dying To Be Noticed by Catherine Leggitt
Rise of the Black Hand: The Case Files of Thomas Morelli (The Black Hand 1) by C.J. Fella
Rise of the Black Hand: The Case Files of Thomas Morelli by C.J. Fella My rating: 4 of 5 stars Rise of The Black Hand is the debut novel by US writer, C. J. Fella, and is the first in a series. The book is an effective mix of futuristic science fiction and old-school, hard-boiled… Continue reading Rise of the Black Hand: The Case Files of Thomas Morelli (The Black Hand 1) by C.J. Fella
6 White Roses by Kelly Marshall
6 White Roses by Kelly Marshall My rating: 5 of 5 stars 6 White Roses by Kelly Marshall is an excellent murder mystery thriller, with adult themes. On the first page, the strangled body of six-year-old Emily Chatburn is found by an early morning fisherman. The case is handed to macho Detective Nick Winston and… Continue reading 6 White Roses by Kelly Marshall
Slip of the Hand by J.P. Farrell
Slip of the Hand by J.P. Farrell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Slip of the Hand by J.P. Farrell is a dark, complex web of a tale which follows several, originally unconnected protagonists whose lives crash head-on across several horrendous sets of circumstances, resulting in multiple murders, kidnap, assault, corruption, armed robbery and mafia… Continue reading Slip of the Hand by J.P. Farrell
Plaster Scene by Michael J. Holley
Plaster Scene by Michael J. Holley My rating: 5 of 5 stars Plaster Scene is Michael J Holley’s second novel and, after reading this one, I want to get my hands on the first one as soon as possible! This story moves between the heady, drug-fuelled days of the sixties in North Wales, via the… Continue reading Plaster Scene by Michael J. Holley
Sea No Evil (A Crag Banyon Mystery) by James Mullaney
Sea No Evil by James Mullaney My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sea No Evil is the third in James Mullaney’s Crag Banyon Mystery series that is part hard-boiled detective spoof, part mystery, part fantasy fiction and part out and out comedy. Crag Banyon is every kind of seedy, liquor-stained, own-ass-covering, excuse for a P.I.… Continue reading Sea No Evil (A Crag Banyon Mystery) by James Mullaney
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