Land of Shadows
By Rachel Howzell Hall Group Comments: I enjoyed it as a more realistic cop piece. I appreciated the realistic portrayal of race. It kept me…
cold case
The Temple House Vanishing
By Rachel Donohue Group Comments: No sense of time or place. So obvious what happened from the very beginning. Very cardboard characters. So flat. Teenage…
Towards Zero
Took SO long to get into! Contrived. But the murderer’s motive was interesting. Highly unbelievable. Disappointing. Hard to remember plot or any characters. Short enough…
The Thursday Murder Club
Loved the premise, distinct voices, setting, humor, cops/amateur relationships and rivalries. But, lots of new characters at the end which made it hard to keep…
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…
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Book Store
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Imaginative and sad. Great characters, convincing story, two mysteries,…
The Torso in Town
By Simon Brett Summary: Amateur sleuths Jude and Carole take on their third case when a terrible discovery is made in the cellar of a…
Faithful Place
By Tana French Summary: Back in 1985, Frank Mackey was a nineteen-year-old kid with a dream of escaping his family’s cramped flat on Faithful Place…
The Ruin
By Dervla McTiernan Summary: It’s been twenty years since Detective Cormac Reilly discovered the body of Hilaria Blake in her crumbling home. But he’s never…
The Dry
By Jane Harper Summary: After getting a note demanding his presence, Federal Agent Aaron Falk arrives in his hometown for the first time in decades…