A fatal greed
Georges Simenon’s “The Shadow Puppet” is the twelfth installment in the legendary Maigret series.
All posts tagged: Murder Mysteries
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.
The return of the septuagenarian sleuths
Richard Osman’s second installment of the Thursday Murder Club is just as delightful as the debut.
Navigating small town dynamics
An early work in the Maigret series leads the reader to consider the human condition in all its shades.
A jewel of a novel
The first Elizabeth George novel was the treasure I uncovered on a recent visit to The Lantern Bookshop.
