A woman named Louise is dead. Her best friend, Jocelyn, has gone missing. And now a third woman’s life is in danger. No one is safe in Jayne Ann Krentz’s intricately plotted new novel, Where All the Girls Have Gone. Continue reading “Nothing Is What It Seems in Jayne Ann Krentz’s ‘When All the Girls Have Gone’ [REVIEW]”
Elly Griffiths once again proves why she is one of my favorite mystery writers with Smoke and Mirrors. This time out, two children are murdered during a blizzard in Brighton amid somewhat peculiar circumstances and it is up to DI Edgar Stephens and his best friend, magician Max Mephisto, to hunt down the killer. But how do classic fairy tales, pantomime, an almost forgotten crime and a strange little neighborhood theatre tie into the case? And were the dead children quite as innocent as they appeared to be? There is plenty to puzzle over in this second novel in the Magic Men mystery series. Continue reading “Elly Griffiths’ ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Is A Bewitching Mystery [REVIEW]”
Elly Griffith’s latest Dr. Ruth Galloway novel, The Woman in Blue, unfolds like a deadly, mysterious flower in the medieval village of Walsingham. With haunting, elegant prose, readers are lured into a story populated by quirky characters, an intriguing landscape, and an impossible whodunit that will keep them guessing. Continue reading “Elly Griffiths’ ‘The Woman in Blue’ Is Profoundly Entertaining [REVIEW]”
When a couple is found brutally murdered at a Colorado bed and breakfast, the deaths are eerily similar to an unsolved case that happened nearly 150 years before on that very spot. What is the connection between the new crime and the cold case? And will investigators be able to find out the truth before the killer strikes again? Death lurks in plain sight in Heather Graham’s latest thrill ride, The Hidden. Continue reading “Death Lurks In Plain Sight In Heather Graham’s ‘The Hidden’ [REVIEW]”
Glen Erik Hamilton’s sophomore title, Hard Cold Winter, will not disappoint fans of Van Shaw, the recently discharged Army Ranger introduced in the author’s 2016 Best First Novel Edgar® Award nominated debut, Past Crimes. Continue reading “Glen Erik Hamilton’s ‘Hard Cold Winter’ Is A Twisty, Brutal Thriller [REVIEW]”
Jathan & Heather 