by Kristopher | May 1, 2013 | Review
To most of us, Botswana seems like an exotic and distant place, full of unfamiliar customs and strange beliefs. The writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip (writing as Michael Stanley) set out to change that a number of years ago with their mystery series...
by Kristopher | Apr 26, 2013 | Review
Susanna Calkins debut novel is a captivating historical mystery which documents A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate. Set in seventeenth-century London, the novel tells the story of Lucy Campion, a chambermaid turned amateur sleuth, as she struggles to find her place in...
by Kristopher | Apr 12, 2013 | Review
The married writing duo of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, publishing under the pseudonym Nicci French, have written many books together including the Frieda Klein mystery series. The first book in that series is called Blue Monday and was released in the US in 2012....
by Kristopher | Apr 5, 2013 | Review
Hallie Ephron has just released her newest stand-alone novel, There Was An Old Woman. While the cover assures readers that this is a suspense novel, they will quickly realize that the suspense here is a slow-boil. This is in no way meant to be a negative, as what...
by Kristopher | Mar 29, 2013 | Review
With The Guilty One, Lisa Ballantyne has leapt onto the literary mystery scene. Prior to its US publication, the novel was already an international success and the accolades continue to pile up. It is the story of Daniel Hunter, whose childhood was anything but...
by Kristopher | Mar 22, 2013 | Review
Sophie Hannah has just released The Carrier in the United Kingdom. This is the eighth book in her Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse series. Publication in the states will not happen until later this year, but the book is worth the effort to import if you are...
