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Title: The Yard Author: Alex Grecian Publisher: Putnam Books Genre: Historical Mystery Pages: 422 How I Read It: ARC received from the publisher – The views expressed in my review are mine alone and I have received no compensation for these opinions. Synopsis: 1889, London.  Jack the Ripper’s reign of terror is finally over, but a new one is just beginning… [… Read More]

Title: The Cruelest Month Author: Louise Penny Publisher: Minotaur Books Genre: Mystery Pages: 320 How I Read It: Paperback purchased by me. Synopsis: Welcome to Three Pines, where the cruelest month is about to deliver on its threat.  It’s spring in the tiny, forgotten village; buds are on the trees and the first flowers are struggling through the newly thawed earth.  [… Read More]

Title: Frozen Heat Author: Richard Castle Publisher: Hyperion Genre: Mystery Pages: 309 How I Read It: Hard cover purchased by me. Synopsis: NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat gets more mystery than she imagined when she arrives at her latest crime scene.  The body of an unidentified woman has been found stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase left sitting in [… Read More]

Title: Maisie Dobbs Author: Jacqueline Winspear Publisher: Soho Press Genre: Historical Mystery Pages: 294 How I Read It: Hard cover from the library. Synopsis: She started as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen.  Her employer, Lady Rowan Compton, a suffragette, took the remarkably bright youngster under her wing and became her patron, aided by Maurice Blanche, [… Read More]

Title: Silent Night – Lady Julia Mystery 5.5 (A Christmas Novella) Author: Deanna Raybourn Publisher: Mira Genre: Historical Mystery Pages: 70 How I Read It: Kindle edition purchased by me. Synopsis: ‘Tis the season for an investigation! Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane return for a Christmas caper at Bellmont Abbey. After a year of marriage—and numerous adventures—Lady Julia and Brisbane hope [… Read More]

Title: Whatever Happened to Janie Author: Caroline B. Cooney Publisher: Laurel Leaf Genre: YA Mystery Pages: 192 How I Read It: Paperback from the library. Synopsis: How could it possibly be true?  But it is true. As Janie Johnson glanced at the face of the ordinary little girl on the milk carton, she was overcome with shock.  She recognized that little [… Read More]

Title: Beauty To Die For Author: Kim Alexis & Mindy Starns Clark Publisher: B & H Publishing Group Genre: Mystery Pages: 352 How I Read It: ARC received from the publisher – The views expressed in my review are mine alone and I have received no compensation for these opinions. Synopsis: Twenty-five years ago, Juliette Taylor walked away from her career [… Read More]

Title: Injustice For All Author: Robin Caroll Publisher: B&H Publishing Group Genre:  Mystery Pages: 352 How I Read It: ARC received from the publisher – The views expressed in my review are mine alone and I have received no compensation for these opinions. Synopsis: A federal judge lies bleeding on his office floor, betrayed by a most unlikely source – [… Read More]