In The Blood
By Steve Robinson Summary: Two hundred years ago a loyalist family fled to England to escape the American War of Independence and seemingly vanished into…
England
Whose Body?
By Dorothy Sayers Summary: A famous London financier vanishes from his bedroom, leaving no trace. Across town, a corpse is found in an architect’s bathtub,…
The Cuckoo’s Calling
By Robert Galbraith, aka J.K. Rowling Summary: When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she…
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….
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 Likeness In Stone
A Likeness In Stone by Julia Wallis Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Martin starts the novel with an opening scene like none I’ve…
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place
The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley My rating: 2 of 5 stars Found it hard to make it through this installment…
Sweet Little Lies
Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sweet Little Lies hooked me immediately and kept me engaged through the entire…
Bryant and May Hall of Mirrors
Hall of Mirrors by Christopher Fowler a Bryant and May mystery My rating: 4 of 5 stars Bryant and May are back in Hall of…
Playing With Fire, Peter Robinson
Playing With Fire, by Peter Robinson Summary: In the early hours of the morning, a man reports a fire on two old canal boats. One…