Group Reviews

The Coroner’s Lunch, by Colin Cotterill (first book in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series) Summary Despite a total lack of training, an utter dearth of experience and a…

Snow Angel, by James Thompson (book 1 in the Inspector Vaara series) Summary: Shortly before Christmas, Kari Vaara, the police chief of the Lapland town…

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…

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, 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, 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, by P J Parrish (Kristy Montee and Kelly Montee) Summary: The Florida PI’s Thanksgiving plans with his significant other are derailed when…

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, Keith McCafferty (Sean Stranahan series) Summary: A fisherman snags a body from a river, a sultry singer asks an artist to…

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…