by Kristopher | Oct 29, 2020 | Review
From the Booking Desk: I hold a BA in English with a concentration on minority literature, so reading widely has never been a challenge for me. However, I have still found myself drawn to diverse writings and #ownvoices stories more in the current socio-political...
by Kristopher | Oct 28, 2020 | Review
Like watching foreign films, experiencing books from other countries – even in translation – exposes readers to different sensibilities which may be prevalent in those regions. For those who expect novels to follow a set trajectory, this can be challenging at times....
by Kristopher | Oct 23, 2020 | underCOVER
From the Booking Desk: You are likely saying to yourself, “wait, doesn’t this series already exist?” And you would be right. However, this iconic series from Toni L. P. Kelner – which was originally published by Berkley Prime Crime – was...
by Kristopher | Oct 20, 2020 | Review
When Susi Holliday’s The Last Resort begins, seven strangers board an airplane on their way to a remote island for a mysterious weekend arranged by an elusive host. With that setup, it is impossible for crime fiction genre fans not to immediately think of Dame Agatha...
by Kristopher | Oct 7, 2020 | Review
Invitation to Murder is the ninth anthology in the collection from the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Previous releases in the Chesapeake Crimes series have contained many award-winning short stories by many of the best writers in the region. This new...
by Kristopher | Oct 2, 2020 | Review
Lisa Unger continues to produce one of the most varied collections of writings in the crime fiction genre. Each of her works – even when they are linked as part of the same series – stand alone in their uniqueness. Her novels never tell the same story twice and refuse...
