Category: Police Procedural

  • Before She Fell

    Before She Fell

    Book Tour Author: Natalie SammonsPublisher: Bloodhound BooksDate Published: June 24, 2024 Did she fall, or was she pushed? That’s the question DI Roth must answer in a case that will either redeem her after her last case, or cast her into a vote of no confidence. During an extravagant party for her 50th birthday, Susan Grey…

  • The Butcher and the Wren

    The Butcher and the Wren

    Author: Alaina UrquhartPublisher: ZandoDate Published: July 25, 2023 I am late to the party on this one, but it’s been sitting on my TBR shelf long enough that I decided to do a buddy read to motivate me. And I’m glad I did – I finished this in one day! First of all, I might be…

  • Lie Like the Devil

    Lie Like the Devil

    Author: Birgitte MargenPublisher: IndieDate Published: August 22, 2024 The word that kept coming to mind while I was reading Lie Like the Devil was “intelligent”. The author has done her research to create a well-plotted fictionalized thriller/police procedural based on the real history of the Puritans and their beliefs based on scripture from the Geneva Bible…

  • Twelve Secrets

    Twelve Secrets

    Author: Robert GoldPublisher: BookoutureDate Published: August 2, 2024 Book Description I should hate you. I should want you dead for what you did to my sweet, blue-eyed boy. But you’re the only person who can give me the answers I need. What really happened the night you killed him? It’s twenty years since my teenage brother…

  • A Game of Lies

    A Game of Lies

    Author: Clare MacintoshPublisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkDate Published: April 23, 2024 I will never look at game shows the same after reading A Game of Lies! In a real-life version of bait-and-switch, 7 contestants find out the reality show premise is not what they signed up for. Whose secret is worth killing for and why? DC Ffion Morgan…

  • The Gathering

    The Gathering

    Author: C. J. TudorPublisher: Random House Publishing Group – BallantineDate Published: April 9, 2024 This book was a great example of how to scare me without really scaring me! I really liked C. J. Tudor’s other books so I must have skipped over the vampyrs bit in the synopsis! But this is vampires done right –…

  • Village in the Dark

    Village in the Dark

    Author: Author: Iris YamashitaPublisher: Berkley Publishing GroupDate Published: February 13, 2024 Beyond the mystery that Yamashita writes about, this book was a great introduction and eye-opener to me of the vastness of the Alaskan wilderness.  The author takes you from the miles-long tunnel under a mountain, to the snow machines (vernacular for snowmobiles), to the…

  • Holmes, Marple & Poe

    Holmes, Marple & Poe

    Author: James Patterson, Brian SittsPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyDate Published: January 8, 2024 This was an unexpectedly fun read! Auguste (Poe), Brendan (Holmes) and Margaret (Marple) are three private investigators with exceptional detective skills and unidentified sources of wealth. They may or my not be related to Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie, and…

  • The Intern

    The Intern

    Author: Michele CampbellPublisher: St. Martin’s PressDate Published: October 3, 2023 What I liked about The Intern:• The Harvard campus and court settings felt real.• The characters were well-developed, complete with backstories.• The storyline was fast-paced.• I loved the insider knowledge of Harvard and the law (see Campbell’s bio). The only thing that kept me from…

  • Darkness Calls

    Darkness Calls

    Author: Michael Katz KrefeldPublisher: Podium PublishingDate Published: May 16, 2023 I am a fan of Nordic thrillers so I don’t know how I missed this author, but I am so glad there will be more in the Inspector Cecile Mars series!  The translation from the Danish by Ian Giles is flawless! Cecile is a recently…