What the Dead Know
Thin mystery–not much mystery there at all. Hated the time frame jumping. Too much about the parents and not enough about the mystery. Did like…
Group Reviews
Murder Board
By Brian Shea Lots of details. Good sense of place-spot on. Highly realistic. But in every other way, just not very good. Not a great…
Dark Sacred Night
By Michael Connelly Ballard is just as wily and pushing the envelope as well as any other cop. Nice to see a woman in a…
The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes
By Leonard Goldberg As a pastiche, it recreated the Conan Doyle style. The problem–this wasn’t great character development. Not a “who-dunnit, a “how-dunnit.” Would have…
Moonflower Murders
By Anthony Horowitz This is the first Horowitz book I liked. Stayed true to Agatha Christie type mystery story. The problem was the book in…
The Snake Stone
By Jason Goodwin I liked the character and the motivation for detection. I liked that some part of what we saw was a side problem….
Hotel Paradise
By Martha Grimes Group Reviews/Comments: Loved this book. Loved the protagonist’s world. She was a good detective; she went out and figured stuff out, she…
I’ll Keep You Safe
By Peter May Group Reviews/Comments: Could have done without the flashbacks. Switch in time and perspective confusing. Too much background. Two main characters were awful…
Think of a Number
By John Verdon Group Reviews/Comments: I did not like how every woman had to be described, but I tried to cut him some slack. I…
Opium and Absinthe
by Lydia Kang Group Reviews/Comments: Tedious. Too much detail. The dope thing was like and homage to Sherlock. I loved the cover art! I liked…