On My Bookshelf...

THE YARD is set after the Ripper murders in London and Scotland Yard credibility is at a low point when Inspector Day and his Murder Squad m...

This is the twentieth book in the Chief Inspector Banks series. I don't normally start a series so far in, but the premise was intriguin...

There are always writers I think of as my summer constants. They invariably release a new book (usually in a series) every summer, and thes...

FALLEN ANGELS by Connie Dial: Captain Josie Corsino is a good detective who has turned into a good supervisor: "She hadn't been to...

Hard to believe it's already been two years since I reviewed Linda Castillo's first book in her Kate Burkholder series, Sworn to Si...

I admit it, I did not read Tess Gerritsen before I became hooked on RIzzoli & Isles on television. I apparently have some sort of wea...

And it's another candidate for "The Next Stieg Larsson!" A thriller set in Norway (all those cold countries are the same se...

Oh so sad. I've only finished 10 books so far this year. UGH. That's what having a 16-month old (plus two other older kids) and a pa...

Arctic Chill is the fifth in Indridason's Reykjavik Thriller series, but it is the first I've read. Before I had even finished re...

"Je me souviens" (I remember) is the motto of Quebec, and Bury Your Dead echoes this sentiment in every plot thread. In the ack...

Still in Paris! I read the newest Isabel Spellman book over a month ago, though, so I wanted to schedule a Mystery Monday post for the seri...

Death at the Alma Mater (St. Just mystery #3) by G. M. Malliet: The delightful Malliet turns her rapier wit to the university murder myste...

I received The Brutal Telling , the fifth in Louise Penny's Inspectpr Gamache mystery series, through LibraryThing's Early Review pr...

If you're looking for a fun mystery that has a bit of a different twist, Spencer Quinn's Chet and Bernie series may be just what you...

In addition to my more current reading, I sometimes dip into older series or favorites from long ago. They seem less newsworthy than advanc...

I received an ARC of Evil at Heart through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers Program. And the timing of it was perfect for me because I had ...

I've been in a mystery/detective story kind of mood this summer. I read Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey back in June. I received this...

Internal Affairs by Connie Dial : In general, I'm more concerned with the story than the biography of the author telling it, but in t...

Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz: I liked The Spellman Files, and liked the sequel, Curse of the Spellmans, even more. But the thi...

One of the highlights of my 2008 reading was Death of a Cozy Writer by G. M. Malliet, the first mystery to feature DCI St. Just of Cambri...