Truly Devious
In 1936, industrialist and founder of Ellingham Academy, Albert Ellingham received a threatening letter signed Truly Devious. His daughter and wife were kidnapped, never to be seen again and a student went missing. The case was never solved. Stevie wants to solve it, and the…
Eight Detectives
Grant McAllister is an author living in seclusion when Julia Hart approaches him, wanting to republish his book. Thirty years ago he wrote a series of stories exploring the rules of the murder mystery genre, but he doesn’t seem to remember much about it. As…
The two series that broke my lockdown slump
As you might have noticed, 2020 has not been a great reading year for me. I was dusting off my challenge lists to see if I could get started again and was faced with reading a mystery. I mean I like mysteries in crossover genre,…
Sadie
When Sadie’s little sister is murdered and the investigation goes nowhere, she sets off to bring the killer to justice. Some months after, a journalist picks up the story of a missing girl and her murdered sister. Can he piece together what happened and where…
Red Snow
Red Snow is the sequel to Dark Pines and therefore this review may contain spoilers for the previous book. After Dark Pines helped me get the hang of audiobooks, I knew I had to listen to the sequel, Red Snow. I liked revisiting Gavrik and…
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Read the World: Nigeria Korede’s sister, Ayoola, is beautiful, charming and possibly a serial killer. How many murders does it take? Ayoola’s third boyfriend in a row is dead and Korede is there to help clean up the mess. Because that’s what being a…
Hope Never Dies
Did you say Obama and Biden crime mystery? Sign me up! Hope Never Dies is pure fan fiction, following a retired Joe Biden as he comes to grips with life after vice presidency. It’s been over six months since he left the White House and…
Dark Pines
Gavrik sits on the edge of Utgard forest, a dark and dense expanse of spruce trees. The town relies on two things, forestry and hunting. At the start of elk hunting season a body is found in the forest. Twenty years ago the Medusa killer…
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Excuse the comparisons for a moment, but I think they might be the only way to describe this book. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a cross between Quantum Leap and Groundhog Day if they were set during a murder mystery party, only it’s…
Murder on the Orient Express
I’ve most likely seen an adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express in the distant past but I didn’t remember any details of the plot other than Poirot is stuck on a train and murder happens. So it was quite fun to read a bit…
Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…