The Stranger Diaries
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths My rating: 5 of 5 stars Spot on tone, combining the Victorian ghost story with a modern murder mystery….
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Little Comfort
Little Comfort by Edwin Hill My rating: 3 of 5 stars I am an avid reader of mystery fiction. I took a chance on this…
The Janissary Tree
By Jason Goodwin Summary: It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes,…
What The Dead Leave Behind
By Rosemary Simpson Summary: As the Great Blizzard of 1888 cripples the vast machinery that is New York City, heiress Prudence MacKenzie sits anxiously within…
Dead Letters
Dead Letters by Jane Haddam My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was with trepidation and yes, a little irritation, that I started reading Jane…
The Ruin
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fantastic first in series. I was very pleased to find McTiernan’s The Ruin. Tight…
Walking the Bones
Walking the Bones by Randall Silvis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Up front: I didn’t read the first in this series, as the library…
Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru
By Karen Lee Street Summary: Philadelphia, early 1844. As violent tensions escalate between ‘nativists’ and recent Irish immigrants, Edgar Allan Poe’s fears for the safety…
House of Silk
By Anthony Horowitz Summary: London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg…
A Shred Of Evidence
A Shred of Evidence by Jill McGown My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this book up at the Phinney Neighborhood Center’s Book Exchange,…