“The past encroaches on the future” in Murder in Madrid: Reality of Illusion by Betty J. Turk. Louise Devereaux is inspired to publish her novel about a woman who was wrongfully hanged seventy-two years ago. She gives it to Allen Kingsley, a publisher who assumes...

The owner of an antique shop is murdered in a small village, and all the residents are suspects in the delightful murder mystery novel, Murder In Little Shendon, by AH Richardson. Bartholomew Fynche owned the village antique shop in Little Shendon. He was a very...

In Pacific Reaper: Detective Emilia Cruz Book 5 by Carmen Amato, the dead body of a gang member is discovered inside a tent in the remote Coyuca Lagoon reserve. It’s a ritualistic murder, a sacrifice to Santa Muerte, Mexico’s forbidden saint of death. The case...

Killer Collector by Linda Guyan is a horror story. When her grandmother died, Paige DeWitt moved into her little house at the end of Greenapple Road. That house was next to a cemetery near to Wolf Lodge, an abandoned hospital. Paige and Grace, her best...

Martin Bennett was at the hospital for medical tests after he’d had a stroke. He met John Hardin, an old friend whom he had not seen for 25 years. They had been climbers together and shared a flat with Lester Adams. John had come between...

Cold Case No. 99-5219 is the fourth book in the Samantha Church Mystery Series by Betta Ferrendelli. When she visited her sister's grave, Sam found another grave with a very peculiar headstone. The inscription on the headstone did not say anything about the real...

The Girl with the Flamenco Tattoo by Bill Brooks is a rollicking ride, a mix of mystery and murder. A girl with no name has been found on the shore of a mountain lake. She is known simply as “the girl with the flamenco tattoo,”...

Fire on the Mountain: A Detective Mike Eiser Novel is a police procedural mystery novel written by Clabe Polk. While this is not the first novel in the Mike Eiser series, the author gives enough background information for it to be enjoyed as a standalone...

It’s 2248, and artificial intelligence has solved all of the world's problems – or so they thought. Life is a virtual utopia for those who have chosen to have their consciousness constantly updated digitally to ensure them immortal life. Death is no longer a problem,...

Murder in a Moonlit Mason Jar by Corinne F. Gerwe is a murder mystery with lots of suspense. The setting is Serena, a town nestled at the top of the mountains. Two deaths, both looking very much like accidents, pull Jeff Farley, the Chief of...