Miss Marple Takes Manhattan
By Alyssa Cole [3rd story in the short story collection Marple: Twelve New Mysteries]] Group Comments: Read exactly like a Marple. Voice was excellent Loved…
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Blanche on the Lam
By Barbara Neely Group Comments: I felt like I’ve met some of these people! And I definitely don’t like the South in the 90s. Author…
The Maid
By Nita Prose Group Comments: Not a fan. Feel it was trying to be too clever and failed. Everything felt like it came out of…
The Second Murder at the Vicarage
By Val McDermid [2nd story in the short story collection Marple: Twelve New Mysteries] Agatha Christie could have written this one. Excellent example. Characters all…
The Bangalore Detective’s Club
By Harini Nagendra Group Comments: Plodded a bit, but enjoyed History that added a sense of place. Did like, but not as much as the…
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
By Alan Bradley Group Comments: Enjoyed – writing/imagery can really see the characters; found it believable plot if a bit older, like what she did…
Evil in Small Places
By Lucy Foley[1st story in the short story collection Marple: Twelve New Mysteries] Group Comments: Quick to the reveal. Well written but I didn’t find…
The Bullet That Missed
By Richard Osman Group Comments: I loved this. Paints a really good picture of reality. Great dialogue, writing. I love Joyce and Elizabeth’s repartee. And…
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
By Benjamin Stevenson Group Comments: I liked it, but there were plot holes. But on the whole, the mystery was pretty good! It took me…
Kinsey Millhone Series
If you’ve never read this series, it’s time to start. The world lost an incredible writer when Sue Grafton died in 2017, just shy of…