A SECONDHAND MURDER, by Lesley A. Diehl
WITTY, SASSY COZY mystery with a funky rural Florida setting, high society shenanigans. Lots of fun!
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Small Press Sundays
Posts tagged with ‘Mystery’
WITTY, SASSY COZY mystery with a funky rural Florida setting, high society shenanigans. Lots of fun!
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Small Press Sundays
KELLER’S BACK IN BUSINESS! Lawrence Block’s stamp-collecting, philosophical hit man makes a welcome return.
Grade: B PLUS
HIT ME
Little, Brown/Mulholland Books
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
BRILLIANTLY PLOTTED THRILLER follows a hard-boiled detective on the hunt for a killer of lovely call girls.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BOYFRIEND
Mysterious Press
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
SLEUTH EASY RAWLINS’S near death in a brutal crash adds a metaphysical perspective to this intricate LA noir.
Grade: B PLUS
LITTLE GREEN: AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY
Doubleday
2013
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
MARVELOUS COMIC NOIR stars a sleuthing burglar embroiled with mobsters and old-school rock ‘n’ roll.
Grade: A MINUS
LITTLE ELVISES: A JUNIOR BENDER MYSTERY
Soho Crime
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
WRYLY FUNNY AUSTRIAN private-eye yarn mixes hardboiled detective tropes with a healthy shot of satire.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BONE MAN
Melville House
2013
Tags: Austria, B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
HIGHLAND SLEUTH EXTRAORDINAIRE Hamish Macbeth solves his most complex crime yet. Wonderful Scottish detail!
Grade: B PLUS
DEATH OF YESTERDAY: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY
Grand Central
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Scotland, United Kingdom
WONDERFUL ENGLISH COZY features a precocious sleuth, a spooky tomb, and various 1950s village shenanigans.
Grade: B PLUS
SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES: A FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL
Delacorte
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
TAUT, SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER features a retired FBI agent racing to find the killer targeting her. Good stuff!
Grade: B PLUS
RAGE AGAINST THE DYING
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
GRITTY, SPOOKY, FANTASTICALLY well plotted New York police thriller from comics great Warren Ellis.
Grade: A MINUS
GUN MACHINE
Little, Brown/Mulholland Books
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, New York City, Novels, Thriller