🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 #15 in the Mike Bowditch series, this is a nail-biter of a novel, which follows our hero, Mike, a game warden investigator based in the Maine North Woods, on a case which will have him facing an ex-military recluse, Mark Redmond, who is living in seclusion with his twelve…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 As sumptuous as the softest duvet, this is a novel to sink into, slowly, letting the six or so POV narrators take you on a journey — a winding journey, each of which will lead to something, — be it an interesting character interlude, or a major development to…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Cleverly plotted, this fun (and often funny) detective story has an intriguing twist — the story focuses mostly on our trio of detectives themselves, and their backstories, with the crimes they are to solve an added “bonus” mystery for the reader. Based in Edgar Mills (fictional small-town Massachusetts), in…
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 What a treat! A twisted tale like no other this reader has encountered, so compulsively readable you will struggle to put it down. As the title implies, this book features a diabolical author who somewhat cheekily (and exceedingly disturbingly) runs through a list of tips and techniques to show…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The second in the superb DS Casey Wray series, this taut and complex story stretches tight, pulling the reader close into as absorbing a read as upper-echelon crime fiction can get. Following on the heels of a major police department shakeup (read the first book for details!) Detective Sergeant…
🌟🌟🌟🌟 Book #23 in a mystery series featuring Joanne Kilbourn, this book came to this reader with history attached. Initially a Canadian series I loved, based in Saskatchewan, and featuring a wonderfully-accessible female professor,— a character authored so well, and decades before strongly centered, plain-spoken, independent female leads were a…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 This collection of eight original short stories features Mike Bowditch and his colleague, retired game warden Charley Stevens, a duo made popular in a series of novels penned by this author, and the first this reader has come to experience. Reminiscent of Robert B Parker’s Jesse Stone, Mike Bowditch…
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 “Nothing to do, but let the dread eat her alive.” A cat and mouse game of the highest order, this psychological suspense novel teems with tension as a thirty-four year old finger-print analyst, still grieving the loss, decades earlier, of her teenage sister, encounters the relentless stalking of a…
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 The ninth installment of the Shetland series, this mystery takes place in a new location — Orkney, a remote series of islands north of Scotland, rich with archeological significance. Famous for their Neolithic structures, the author incorporates two of these — a pair of ancient story stones from the…
🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 A wonderfully diverse mystery, peopled with characters you will wish for more time with, this is the third (and final) book in a trilogy featuring PI Merry Bell, a transgender woman based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The first in the series for this reader, this book is easily enjoyed as…