Cormoran Strike – an unusual name choice for Galbraith’s new crime fiction hero, but at least it avoids any character confusion that may ensue along the way. It’s also unlikely that Strike’s physical appearance could be mistaken for anybody else’s either. It’s like Galbraith went out of his way to make Cormoran as strikingly (pardon... Continue Reading →
First Grave on the Right or Grim Reapers Need Love Too
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones is the first in a series of romantic suspense novels starring Charley Davidson, part-time private detective, part-time consultant to the Albuquerque police and full-time Grim Reaper. Twenty-seven year-old Charley was born with a purpose, to help souls pass through to the other side; for to the dead... Continue Reading →
Declan Hughes mystery series
Ed Loy is the private detective who returns to Dublin and encounters the gritty Irish underworld - many of whom are former school mates or neighbours. Suspenseful and rich with characterization.
“A” is for Alibi or Murder one letter at a time
"A" is for Alibi is the first in the long running Kinsey Milhone mystery series which will have it's 21st entry this winter with "U" is for Undertow. Sue Grafton began the series back in 1982 and it's introduction completely changed the perception of a female protagonist in the mystery genre. Before Kinsey there had... Continue Reading →
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