Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand, by Phillip Margolin (book 4 in the Dana Cutler series) Summary: Private investigator Dana Cutler must take down a cunning psychopath before…
Group Reviews
The Nature of the Beast
The Nature of the Beast, by Louise Penny (book 11 in the series) Summary: Hardly a day goes by when nine-year-old Laurent Lepage doesn’t cry…
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, by Laurie R. King (first in series) Summary: Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex…
The Crow Trap
The Crow Trap, by Ann Cleeves (first in the Vera series) Summary: A British environmental survey suddenly turns dangerous when several deaths occur. Three very…
The Unquiet Grave
The Unquiet Grave, by P J Parrish (Kristy Montee and Kelly Montee) Summary: The Florida PI’s Thanksgiving plans with his significant other are derailed when…
Abominable Man
Our August book group was as raucous as a book group can get, with everyone eager to add their opinions. Abominable Man, by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö…
The Royal Wulff Murders
The Royal Wulff Murders, Keith McCafferty (Sean Stranahan series) Summary: A fisherman snags a body from a river, a sultry singer asks an artist to…
Bangkok Eight
Bangkok Eight, by John Burdett (Sonchai Jitpleecheep series) Summary: A thriller with attitude to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor-edged, often darkly hilarious novel set in…
Collecting the Dead
Collecting the Dead, by Spencer Kope (Special Tracking Unit series) Summary: FBI agent Magnus “Steps” Craig, the narrator of Kope’s compelling debut and series launch,…
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman (Mrs. Pollifax Series) Summary: When Emily Pollifax answers the phone that Sunday morning, she quickly forgets all about…