“’And right there, over what would be the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, was an asterisk. In bright red ink, like a splotch of blood . . .’”
“While those with a preference for straightforward, gritty noir may be thrown off by these otherworldly curveballs, others who enjoy cross-cultural context mixed in with the shadows will fi
“While HMP Edinburgh is ‘no country for old men,’ the venerable retired detective John Rebus, imprisoned for murder, must find a way to survive the ordeal.”
A distraught husband, Ronnie Armitrage, is found returning to his car in a field, saying his wife may have run toward the ocean after an argument and drowned.
Isabel Dalhousie is a rarity in modern fiction in that she’s a philosopher. Not just a philosophically minded character, as is found across genres, but an actual working philosopher.
“Farewell, Amethystine is a pleasure to sink into, a well-written traditional PI novel scented with the music of the time and the hope that things will continue to
“a frightening tale, stuffed with villains and other scary creatures, but it’s also a cautionary one about the dangers of scientific experiments that might go seriously wrong.”
El agua es la vida—“water is life”—Cedar Koons writes at the beginning of her compelling new mystery, A Thirst for Murder, quoting an old Southwest Spanish saying.
“An exceptional story dealing with an author’s dilemma as he recreates the story of an old crime as seen through newer eyes several years removed from the incident.”
“What saves it are the meticulous descriptions of the people and places populating the story, the surprising and satisfying twist at the end, and the author's entertaining way of slipping i
“In this season of tangled and terrifying national and global issues, it’s satisfying to dip back into the masterful plotting and ultimate resolution that Connelly offers.”
Prologue: “It had genuinely never crossed his mind that his best friend would actually commit a murder solely to demonstrate that the perfect crime was possible, and that he was capable of committi
“Barron demonstrates once again that framing this mystery series within the nature of an intelligent and witty woman can bring 1817 back to life in an engaging and well-spun narrative.
