Margaret M. Ford’s novel, Lament for the Dead, is a thriller set in Drayford Village, a small and close knit community where people know almost everyone and where serious crimes are simply unheard of. The year is 2006 when the village is shaken by the...

Dr. Chandrix Dies is the second volume in Christopher D. Abbott's historical mystery series, The Dies Trilogy. It's set in London in 1930 and features the Dutch detective and psychologist, Doctor Pieter Straay. While it's the second volume in the series, Dr. Chandrix Dies can...

Random Acts of Malice is a police procedural written by George R. Hopkins. Cindy Waters was an intermediate school teacher in Staten Island. She was rushing off to school after attending mass in her local church when a truck drove at her, catapulting her body...

The Kohinoor by Nikki Spryer is a murder mystery with a bit of style. Mira, Tasha and Roma are on board a grand cruise ship for their holiday. The Kohinoor is opulence itself and the last thing they expected was murder and the theft of...

Jim Pugmire continues to enthrall me with The King of Dalatia, which is the third medieval novel in the Quinn Hawk Series. I recommend reading the previous books first to fully appreciate this one. Quinn is no longer an insecure illiterate teen, and is now...

Unfinished Business by Ted Tayler is the sequel to The Final Straw. Colin Bailey has some unfinished business he needs to attend to. Shortly before losing his wife to cancer he gets word that his daughter’s murderer is about to be released. Plans are made...

The Executioner's Hood by Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton is a tale of intrigue, mystery and murder. Phil Grayson, respected judge and collector of Old West memorabilia, is found dead with an executioner's hood over his head – a hood that has come from his...

A Model Murder (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 1) by Celia Conrad is a fast paced mystery that throws you into a blend of fear and comedy and will make you see the parallels that can be drawn between Alpha males and law firms. Alicia Allen...

Cold Blood: The Antarctic Murders Trilogy by Theodore Jerome Cohen is a spellbinding thriller of subterfuge, murder, deception and betrayal spanning the globe. From the ice-veiled waters off the Antarctic shores, to Chile, Brazil and Europe, Captain Mateo Valderas of the Chilean Navy has spent...

In the Shadow of Lies: An Oliver Wright Mystery Novel is a historical mystery written by M.A. Adler. It's set in the Bay Area of California during the 1940s. Oliver Wright is a homicide detective based in Seattle, but his family roots are in Richmond...