A Hallowe’en bonus treat for lovers of a good witness protection thriller
Anna Scotti’s “It’s Not Even Past” has just been re-published. Add it to your collection of mysteries.
All posts filed under: Reading Dangerously (AKA Murder Mysteries)
During the pandemic I began reading murder mysteries as a way to pass the time (and find stories that generally came to a satisfactory conclusion). I called it my Year of Reading Dangerously . . . and it has just continued.
A fatal greed
Georges Simenon’s “The Shadow Puppet” is the twelfth installment in the legendary Maigret series.
A “slow food” type of mystery
“Bruno, Chief of Police” is the first in a successful series about life and crime in a small French village.
A thought-provoking novel with few easy answers
Donna Leon’s “The Girl of His Dreams” asks questions that cannot always be answered.
Reinvention . . . with the twist of a knife
Richard Osman’s third installment in the Thursday Murder Club series is clever and charming.
Of manners and mystery
A wealthy bachelor drops dead. A young lady becomes a detective. The first of my October murder mysteries.
Beware the English murder village
Think twice before booking that dream vacation to the English countryside.
When you don’t see it coming
Jackie McMahon’s debut murder mystery was a discovery from DC’s first romance bookstore.
Sometimes the answer is right under your nose
Another treasure in Donna Leon’s Brunetti mysteries was literally just across the street at Mojomala Books.
The return of the septuagenarian sleuths
Richard Osman’s second installment of the Thursday Murder Club is just as delightful as the debut.
