Category: Locked Room

  • The Winter Visitor

    The Winter Visitor

    Author: B. P. WalterPublisher: BookoutureTo Be Published: September 23, 2025 BLOG TOUR A Scottish castle √A raging snowstorm √Family secrets √One, no two, possibly three murders √ This story is set in timelines 10 years apart, 2005 and 2025, at Christmas. Three brothers have been living with the consequences of what happened that first Christmas, when…

  • 6:40 to Montreal

    6:40 to Montreal

    Author: Eva JurczykPublisher: Poisoned Pen PressTo Be Published: October 28, 2025 While this book could have almost devolved into the black comedy humor of Weekend at Bernie’s, it actually unfolds as a macabre sequence of events that occur after Agatha is encouraged by her husband to take a train from Toronto to Montreal as a way…

  • We Won’t All Survive

    We Won’t All Survive

    Author: Kate Alice MarshallPublisher: Penguin Group/Penguin Young Readers GroupDate Published: July 29, 2025 Eight people have been selected to participate in a reality show that tests their survival instincts. Only, when they arrive at the site, there is no one from the cast to greet them. The entrance gate is closed and locked, topped by barbed…

  • The Bachelorette Party

    The Bachelorette Party

    Author: Camilla StenPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: June 10, 2025 Who killed Tilly, Anna, Linnea, and Evelina? There’s always something atmospheric about a deserted island, and Isle Blind is no exception. But 10 years later,  a new hotel has been built on the island and a group of women is invited to have their bridal party…

  • Room 21

    Room 21

    Author: Jessica HuntleyPublisher: Joffe BooksDate Published: May 27, 2025 Jessica, what have you done? This book absolutely wrecked me…in a good way! Kimberley loves her job as a maid. She prides herself on a job well done. But she’s just barely getting by, even though she shares an apartment with several other people. Not friends. Just…

  • You Are Fatally Invited

    You Are Fatally Invited

    Author: Ande PliegoPublisher: Random House Publishing – BallantineDate Published: February 11, 2025 Six prominent mystery writers are invited to a private island by an anonymous author, J. R. Alastor, whose works are well known even if he isn’t. And each writer is hiding a secret. This book is a wonderful debut by author Ande Pliego. It’s…

  • The Perfect Couple

    The Perfect Couple

    Author: Ruth WarePublisher: Gallery BooksDate Published: May 21, 2024 This book was written by one of my favorite authors and included one of my favorite tropes – a locked room mystery. So of course I was going to love it! Five couples join a reality TV show, The Perfect Couple. Half of the participants aren’t sure…

  • Her Daughter’s Lies (Bailey Family #3)

    Her Daughter’s Lies (Bailey Family #3)

    Book Tour Author: Mikayla DavidsPublisher: IndieDate Published: August 27, 2024 I was so glad to see Mikayla Davids come out with another book in The Bailey Family series, because I was sad when the first two books ended. I want to send another shout-out to Love Books Tours for introducing me to this new-to-me author last…

  • No One Will Know

    No One Will Know

    Author: Rose CarlylePublisher: William MorrowDate Published: October 1, 2024 I thought I knew where this book was going but it turns out…I did not! Poor Eve is left grieving and pregnant, and I I felt her pain. Then someone makes her an offer that is too good to be true…and you know what they say…. Eve…

  • One Big Happy Family

    One Big Happy Family

    Author: Jamie DayPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: July 16, 2024 What’s scarier than a closed room mystery? How about a hotel on a cliffside (aptly named The Precipice), with a hurricane coming, and a murderer on the loose! Charley is a maid in a desperate situation – she can’t afford a place of her own and…