by Kristopher | Jul 29, 2026 | Review
With The Cracked Mirror, Chris Brookmyre uses literary slight-of-hand to wrongfoot readers in the most spectacular fashion, all while honoring the tropes of classic crime fiction. For fans of Brookmyre, this will come as no surprise as he has proven over the years...
by Kristopher | Jul 27, 2026 | Review
Although it may have felt like a leap of faith, LynDee Walker’s decision to transition to domestic suspense has proven to be an inspired choice. Each of her psychological suspense novels—from The Pastor’s Wife to The Housewife Next Door to the latest, The Other...
by Kristopher | Jul 22, 2026 | Review
Every summer, fans of Carol Goodman look forward to her newest crime fiction release. From the moment she first dropped The Lake of Dead Languages, Goodman has continued to amass a following as loyal as one is likely to find in crime fiction. This, of course, is...
by Kristopher | Jul 16, 2026 | Review
“Sidebar” Reviews are extremely early reviews designed to encourage readers to pre-order novels that will be released later in the year. It is very fitting that as Louise Penny enters the second decade of Three Pines mysteries she returns to the formula that made her...
by Kristopher | Jul 13, 2026 | Review
Alexandra Sokoloff (Huntress Moon) and Craig Robertson (Random) have been entertaining readers for many years with their various crime fiction releases, but with the appearance of The Grapevine, this married couple join forces for the first time. Billed as The Lost...
by Kristopher | Jul 1, 2026 | Review
Curtis Ippolito’s Burying the Newspaper Man remains one of the under-appreciated gems of the neo-noir movement in crime fiction. With the release of his second full-length work—Waves of Burden—Ippolito proves that his success was no accident. This is a writer who...
