I found Kim Wright’s “City of Mystery” series through Amazon, I’m pretty sure I got the books for my Kindle for free, or close to free. I will always give a free mystery a try (and believe me, there are plenty of lousy ones out there that I’ve happily downloaded and just as happily deleted after the first few chapters). This series is actually quite good. City of Bells, the fourth book, takes place in Calcutta, India. For those of you who aren’t familiar with […]
The First Inspector Cockrill mystery
So I think we’re all aware of my addiction to classic mysteries. I tried the first one in this series, haven’t moved on to the rest, mainly because I wasn’t satisfied with the way it worked out. There are six people staying at Pigeonsford in the English countryside. Grace loves the squire Stephen, but he’s in love with the (very much) younger Francesca. Grace is jealous, of course. Fran shows up in a new hat, and Grace says she wouldn’t be caught dead in a […]
Black sheep and stage fright
I can never decide whether Ngaio Marsh’s Died in the Wool (1945) has one of the silliest or best detective fiction titles I have ever seen, and there are a lot of bad ones out there (ahem, Charlaine Harris). The story seems to be constructed around the pun; the dead body of a lady sheep farmer and member of parliament in New Zealand is found rather mashed up in…a pack of wool. It’s like calling a book Bloody Mary and having the main character be […]
Nearly Gone
Nearly Gone is about a girl named Nearly who finds herself in a cat and mouse game with a murderer. She was just trying to win a physics scholarship, get out of the trailer park. Alas, a killer has to prey on her obsession with the classified section and leave a bunch of clues, then a bunch of bodies, that all point to Nearly as suspect number one. It’s not too bad, especially considering that there aren’t many mystery/thrillers in Teen books these days. You […]
Doctor Who meets Sherlock, except not really. But there is a clever young woman who helps us get to know an eccentic detective
4.5 stars From the Goodreads synopsis, because it’s been a month since I read it, and the blurb is part of what drew me in: Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary – including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On […]
SD Noir as a Quick, Easy Read
I had the opportunity to meet with Corey Fayman one afternoon. We sat at a small cafe in Little Italy and talked about books (duh) and writing. I was interested in knowing how someone just *decides* to self-publish a book…or two. I was also curious about what, if anything, lay on the horizon for Rolly Waters. Waters is a private investigator living in San Diego. When he’s not searching down runaway teenagers or spying on cheating spouses, he’s playing gigs at local events with his […]
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