by Kristopher | Sep 16, 2024 | Review
Some books seem to get all the marketing attention based on what publishers believe will be the biggest titles of the season. However, these are human decisions, and sometimes excellent books aren’t afforded the marketing push they deserve. This is actually great news...
by Kristopher | Sep 13, 2024 | Review
In her new historical mystery anthology, All God’s Sparrows and Other Stories, Leslie Budewitz entertains as she educates. This collection is comprised of three previously available short stories and one newly written novella, all of which feature Mary Fields—an...
by Kristopher | Sep 10, 2024 | Review
Columbia Jones is a celebrated novelist known around the world. While on tour, she speaks to huge crowds as her daughter Darian (who is also her publicist/personal assistant) and Riley Carrington (a journalist working on a major profile of the author) watch from the...
by Kristopher | Sep 9, 2024 | Review
Ann Cleeves has written ten Vera Stanhope novels, all of which have been adapted by the Vera television series. It was announced earlier this year that the Vera television adaptations starring the one-and-only Brenda Blethyn would come to an end after the next season....
by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2024 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: I am thrilled to welcome Josh Pachter back to the blog with the cover reveal for the latest of his “Inspired By” anthologies. This time out readers will be entertained by crime fiction inspired by the songs of The Grateful Dead....
by Kristopher | Sep 6, 2024 | Guest Posts
From the Booking Desk: It’s a tradition now, so I am thrilled to have Catriona McPherson here for a guest post as she continues her blog tour for the latest Dandy Gilver novel, The Witching Hour. Midsummer, St Mary Mead and now Dirleton The Witching Hour (Dandy...
by Kristopher | Aug 26, 2024 | Review
With Death at the Sanatorium, Ragnar Jónasson continues to entertain readers with crime stories that feel both classic and contemporary simultaneously. Like last year’s Reykjavik—which he co-wrote with the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir—the mystery at...
by Kristopher | Aug 23, 2024 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: Many of you know that after years of writing exclusively short stories, Josh Pachter released his debut novel–Dutch Threat–in 2023. That book would go on to be a finalist in the Best Debut Novel category for the Agatha, Lefty, and...
by Kristopher | Aug 20, 2024 | Review
Julia Dahl began her writing career with an excellent and fascinating series of novels that gave crime fiction readers a glimpse into the Hasidic Jewish community in New York City (Invisible City, Run You Down, and Conviction). She followed this success with a...
by Kristopher | Aug 15, 2024 | Review
There’s No Murder Like Show Murder is the debut of a new cozy mystery series from M. S. Greene. This is a penname for a successful playwright, so it makes sense for the mystery series to center on the theater industry. Typical of the cozy sub-genre, the setting is a...
