Firekeeper’s Daughter
Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine lives her life split between two cultures, half Ojibwe, half white, not quite feeling like she belongs in either. When her best friend is murdered, she is approached by the FBI, to go undercover to try and find out who has been…
Dial A for Aunties
1 (accidental) murder 2 thousand wedding guests 3 (maybe) cursed generations 4 meddling Asian aunties to the rescue! Family is important to Meddy Chan. She chose to join their wedding business rather than following her boyfriend across the country. She’s never been able to find…
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…
