HIDE AND SNOOP, by Sue Ann Jaffarian
PLUCKY PLUS-SIZED PARALEGAL and sleuth Odelia Grey is on another complex murder case. Well-done cozy fun!
Grade: SOLID B
HIDE AND SNOOP
Midnight Ink
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
Posts tagged with ‘Mystery’
PLUCKY PLUS-SIZED PARALEGAL and sleuth Odelia Grey is on another complex murder case. Well-done cozy fun!
Grade: SOLID B
HIDE AND SNOOP
Midnight Ink
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
SECRETS AND TENSIONS in an upscale London neighborhood boil over with deadly results. Ruth Rendell in fine form!
Grade: B PLUS
THE ST. ZITA SOCIETY
Scribner
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Suspense
INGENIOUSLY PLOTTED, DEFTLY characterized novel follows a high-profile murder case and its impact on a family.
Grade: B PLUS
THE CHILD WHO...
Penguin
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels, Thriller
A SURPRISING DEATH in a North Wales town is investigated by a manicurist sleuth. Interesting cozy, setting.
Grade: SOLID B
A SMALL HILL TO DIE ON: A PENNY BRANNIGAN MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Wales
MURDER AND COURT INTRIGUE play out against a vivid backdrop of feudal Japan; well-crafted historical whodunit.
Grade: SOLID B
THE INCENSE GAME: A NOVEL OF FEUDAL JAPAN
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Japan, Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
THE MADCAP BLACKBIRD SISTERS solve their eighth mystery! It’s a doozy: dead greataunt, looted mansion, and all.
Grade: SOLID B
NO WAY TO KILL A LADY: A BLACKBIRD SISTERS MYSTERY
Penguin
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
BEAUTIFULLY PLOTTED COZY mystery is another winning outing for indomitable Cotswolds sleuth Agatha Raisin.
Grade: B PLUS
HISS AND HERS: AN AGATHA RAISIN MYSTERY
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
POWERFUL, DELICATELY SKETCHED portrait of an Ojibwe family in crisis, through the eyes of a 13-year-old boy.
Grade: A MINUS
THE ROUND HOUSE
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Mystery, Native American Indian Writers, Novels, Ojibwe
TOP-NOTCH IRISH MYSTERY centers on a family killing and the troubled detective investigating the deaths.
Grade: B PLUS
BROKEN HARBOR
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
A TOUGH MANHATTAN DETECTIVE challenges herself to solve the complex mystery of an ultra-rich teenager’s death.
Grade: SOLID B
NEVER TELL
Harper
2012
Tags: Mystery, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews