tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571248057273958102024-03-14T00:18:31.733-06:00Cool BooksI read <i>a lot</i> of books as I review books for an indie bookstore in SLC, Utah. I'm also a writer. The Mary Mac trilogy is out now.
The Nikki Doyle trilogy (Rollover, Thunderball and Ms. Scarlett) can also be found at your local indie. Excalibur - the Nikki/Mary crossover was just published.<p>
N.B My blurbs give you just a taste of the plot. Reviews are a pretty subjective matter but the books you'll find here are books I have read and loved.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.comBlogger1090125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-84916408565115561232024-03-05T10:00:00.001-07:002024-03-05T10:00:00.125-07:00The Hunter, Tana French<p>It’s been a couple of years since retired Chicago detective Cal Hooper settled in the tiny Irish village of Ardnakelty. On the surface the place jogs along just grand. Cal and local widow Lena have settled into a comfortable rhythm and Trey Reddy, has progressed from feral child to a feisty but shrewd teenager.</p><p>A killer heatwave and the return of Trey’s father, chancer Johnny Reddy upends everything. Johnny’s get-rich-quick scheme complete with posh English mark has the local area buzzing. Death and the Dublin police, however, aren’t far behind. Trey sees the opportunity to avenge her murdered brother without breaking the truce that Cal established with the townsmen. Using the police to exact her revenge is a risky plan but Trey has no idea how risky.</p><div><br /></div>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-47959193750560065512024-02-06T10:00:00.001-07:002024-02-06T10:00:00.148-07:00Antique Hunters Guide to Murder, C.L. Miller<p>Freya Lockwood went from Lara Croft in her twenties to Laura Ashley in her forties. Now divorced with a teenage daughter she still shuns her partner/mentor Arthur Crockleford, whose actions in Cairo - Freya is convinced - ruined her life.</p><p>Now Arthur is dead and Freya’s flamboyant Aunt Carole suspects foul play. Arthur was on the verge of acquiring ‘an item of immense value’ and his clues, set up weeks before his death, seem designed to awaken Freya’s inner artifact hunter. </p><p>Carole, with a reluctant Freya in tow descends on the Manor House weekend where Arthur had planned to get back a treasure, where a killer awaits.</p><p>Fans of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series should check this out. Freya is a great character and Aunt Carole is a complete hoot.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-54398045458234116782024-01-30T10:00:00.001-07:002024-01-30T10:00:00.137-07:00Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ernie Cunningham’s debut true crime novel has done well enough to earn him and
girlfriend Juliette a spot at a literary festival- on a train speeding across
the Australian desert.</span></p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
The main draw is Henry McTavish from whom Ern is hoping to get the <i>promise</i>
of a blurb for his as yet unwritten second book.</span><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
The backstabbing has already begun before the Ghan leaves the station and
that’s just the writers. <br />
In amongst the one-star reviews, withering literary criticism, codes, letches,
superfans and firecrackers, there’s a murder; one Ernie must solve or die
trying.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Stevenson’s in-jokes and fourth wall breaking continues. A cracking mystery
that’s fun to try and solve. Ern is a reliable narrator, and his honesty is
refreshing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
N.B. This is <i>not </i>an Aussie version of a Christie Classic.<br />
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sensation. A prominent MP’s daughter stabbed two friends to death whilst sleepwalking.
After years asleep the government wants Anna O awake and convicted. The Abbey
is a central London sleep clinic that caters to a monied clientele, and Anna is
transferred there and placed under the care of Dr. Ben Prince; who has a plan
to bring her back to the land of the living, but is that wise? Death has always
followed Anna O and the repercussions of her move to the Abbey have yet to be
fully felt. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare to let your tea go cold and you read this twisted tale in
one sitting.</span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-52644757304026450372024-01-02T10:00:00.001-07:002024-01-02T10:00:00.133-07:00Midnight, Amy McCulloch<p>If you enjoyed ‘Breathless’ you’re
in for another treat. Olivia has the perfect life - on the surface; but like
the icebergs she and the passengers and crew of the luxury ship MS Vigil are
surrounded by, appearances can be deceiving.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The millionaire’s cruise will take
them from Ushuaia deep into Antarctica with an art auction of recently deceased
artist Kostas Yellin’s works as the main event. Olivia’s art dealer boyfriend
has missed the sailing leaving Olivia to schmooze the wealthy buyers alone and
that’s just the first thing to go wrong.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">McCulloch is quickly establishing her own niche
in the adventure travel/whodunit genre. </span>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-42829626328579650162023-11-14T22:00:00.001-07:002023-11-14T22:00:00.137-07:00Star and the Strange Moon, Constance Sayers<p>Young Christopher Kent became obsessed
with Gemma Turner the day his troubled mother destroyed a photo of the doomed
star.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">1968: Gemma Turner starred in a
low budget horror flick L’Etrange Lune, a generic scripted mess that would
become her final film.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">1998: Kent now a rising
documentary maker finally gets to witness a secret screening of Lune but it
appears to be evolving long after its star and director perished…<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-89839406201801381362023-11-07T10:00:00.001-07:002023-11-07T10:00:00.140-07:00Kennedy 35, Charles Cumming<p>1995 Senegal, Kite and Martha are
posing as backpackers on a surveillance mission. Lockie is pretty sure Box 88
are looking to recruit his then girlfriend. To say things don’t go according to
plan…</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Present day, Kite is contacted by
an old school friend with ties to the Senegal operation who informs him that a
Podcaster is about to name names in a DGSE coverup, one of them Martha’s. Kite
is anxious to protect her but is he already too late.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-77881475679321062822023-10-09T12:14:00.002-06:002023-10-09T12:14:51.470-06:00Book club corner : The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie<p>I love a good country house murder mystery. </p><p>Our narrator, Dr. James Sheppard’s discovery of his friend’s body leads to a plethora of suspects above and below stairs. The police are looking for the obvious suspect, Ackroyd’s missing stepson and in true Christie fashioned the culprit will be revealed by the little grey cells of M. Hercule Poirot.</p><p>Again Christie is shown to be ahead of her time again using plot devices that are commonplace today but coupled with her observations of human nature create these enduring classics.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-61764847197234212322023-09-19T10:00:00.005-06:002023-09-19T10:00:00.155-06:00Traitor, Ava Glass<p><span style="font-family: arial;">The gruesome murder of a junior MI6 agent sends Emma Makepeace undercover on an oligarch’s luxury yacht. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Her mission? To find evidence of chemical and biological weapon sales by the Russian and his partners but operation Gold Dust is soon tarnished and Emma realises that the security services have a traitor in their midst who is willing to trade everything - including Emma's real identity - to remain in the shadows.</span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-32223014144459253312023-09-19T10:00:00.003-06:002023-09-19T10:00:00.154-06:00Last Devil to Die: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery, Richard Osman<p>It’s Christmas at Cooper’s Chase but
murder doesn’t take a holiday and this killing affects members of the Thursday
Murder Club deeply.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Determined to get justice the club
members get involved in antiquing, finding a missing heroin shipment and
romance fraud.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Osman provides another cracker of a mystery with
laughs and twists aplenty but his social commentary and the end of a journey
are handled with a tenderness born of experience. Warning, tissues will be
required.</span>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-25830620870617605682023-09-19T10:00:00.001-06:002023-09-19T10:00:00.154-06:00 Golden Gate, Amy Chua<p>Murder, spies, call girls, strange hooded figures, Chinese dignitaries, you’ll find them all at the swanky Claremont hotel. Detective Al Sullivan is investigating the murder of an industrialist/presidential candidate and most of his monied suspects have the surname Bainbridge. Whilst Al works the case Chua shines a light on depression era issues that the Bay Area doesn’t really like to remember - let alone talk about.</p><p>Not only is this a great whodunnit, it’s wrapped in several history lessons that will give bookclubs plenty to discuss.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-77104381913731054262023-09-12T10:00:00.001-06:002023-09-12T10:00:00.142-06:00 Secret Hours, Mick Herron<p>Monochrome is a government enquiry all but dead, until a Mozart level clearance file falls into their laps and ‘Alison North’ begins to testify about her secondment to the ‘Spook Zoo’ in Berlin after the wall came down.</p><p>Herron takes a trip into Le Carre territory, fleshing out backstory from Dead Lions and Real Tigers.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-1918589693675827982023-08-17T10:17:00.000-06:002023-08-17T10:17:34.710-06:00Bookclub Corner: March Violets by Philip Kerr<p> First in the Berlin Noir trilogy, a fascinating and when you scratch the surface - disturbing - portrait of 1936 Berlin before and during the Berlin Olympics. Bernie Gunther is a tough private detective, who used to be a policeman until the Nazis starting purging the ranks of people they didn't consider 'good' Germans. Now he can choose which cases to take, he doesn't do divorce work but ask him to find a missing U-boat (code for a German jew) or some diamonds or a hired killer and he's your man. He's not a thug but he can handle himself in a fight, lethally when necessary.</p><p>Steel magnate Herman Six's daughter and her husband have been brutally murdered, a diamond necklace went missing during the murder and Six wants it back. Gunther teams up with freelance reporter Inge to track the jewels and the killer or killers giving us a glimpse of the underbelly of Berlin in the process.</p><p>The group discussion was lively to put it mildly, but the consensus was Germany doesn't shy away from its horrific past. Their history lessons focus on the rise of the Nazis and Hitler and the atrocities that took place before and during WWII. You can point to any country in the world and in their past (or their present) are events that morally wrong. History is always going to be uncomfortable, learning from history leads to changes that make life better for everyone.</p><p>Here in the U.S a right wing element inside Congress is willfully burying the country's history - because they want to repeat it? we didn't agree on that but as an aside look up Operation Paperclip. Where do you think all those Nazi scientists went? </p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-80224331917659844362023-08-08T10:00:00.001-06:002023-08-08T10:00:00.135-06:00Prophet, Helen MacDonald, Sin Blache<p>It seems you can weaponize anything these days, including nostalgia. A fiery fatal accident on an overseas U.S. base and the appearance of an American diner in a foggy English field reunites a very odd couple. Rao, brought from his prison cell and intelligence officer Adam Rubinstein summoned from somewhere ‘classified’. </p><p>Rao’s unique ability leads the pair into a life-changing/life ending investigation where your happiest memory <i>will</i> turn deadly.</p><p>Prophet is an inventive mashup of sci-noir, romance and Stepford-esque corporate meddling, mixed with a dash of The Thing.</p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-85115171902043262402023-08-01T10:00:00.001-06:002023-08-01T10:00:00.140-06:00Accidental Medium, Tracy Whitwell<p>Tania aka Tanz is a northern actress living in London, now in her mid thirties her career has dwindled down to doing the occasional TV commercial which isn't paying the bills. Whilst waiting for her agent or her toy boy to call Tanz lands a job at new age shop Mystery Pot. She befriends medium Sheila and discovers that the voices in her head are not the first sign of madness. Tanz has Romany blood running through her veins and can chat with those on the 'other side' which is all fun and games until a murderer who thinks they've gotten away with it crosses Tanz's path.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-23527188058340710652023-07-25T11:12:00.004-06:002023-07-25T11:12:55.719-06:00Bookclub Corner : The Children Return, Martin Walker<p>I finally joined the bookclub I've been sneakily attending for years. The Armchair Mystery Bookclub used to meet at TKE on a Tuesday evening and in between helping customers I would listen in. When Wendy, who has guested on this blog a number of times invited me to join I jumped at the chance. This bookclub has everything, great discussions and a group of strong, funny and inspiring women that - like I said - I've looked up to for years. </p><p>Some mystery series are comfort blankets, authors like Louise Penny, Alan Bradley create whole literary eco systems where you can just go and hang out. Three Pines, Buckshaw and now St Denis, the fictional French town where Martin Walker sets his Bruno mysteries.</p><p>Children Return brings international intrigue to St Denis, Sami an autistic young muslim whom the village thought was in a French mosque turns up on a French operated airbase in Afghanistan. Meanwhile Bruno is looking into a murder on his turf and a possible endowment for the town from Maya, a Jewish woman sheltered with her brother in St Denis during WWII Powerful forces are racing towards the tiny town, some keen to assess and study Sami, some desperate to silence him for good. </p><p>For the purists amongst you that want to start from the beginning pick up Bruno, Chief of Police at your local indie.</p><p> </p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-13889641501089519492023-07-18T10:00:00.006-06:002023-07-18T10:00:00.147-06:00Blind Fear, Brandon Webb, John David Mann<p>Eight months ago a stranger
arrived in Puerto Rico the locals call him Mimo - we know him as fugitive Navy SEAL,
Chief Finn.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fully recovered from his brush
with an assassin in Iceland Finn gets a job with a local - blind - cafe owner
and his two grandchildren. At night he continues to hunt for the man who
ordered the Mukalla massacre.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until, the kids go missing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finn breaks cover to search for them, knowing
that whoever snatched them regards them as witnesses to something and won't keep them alive for long. Whilst hurricane Will picks up speed and barrels
towards Puerto Rico Finn has his own hurricane to deal with; ex USS Lincoln
helo pilot turned JAG officer Monica Halsey. Halsey has been primed with false
intel about Finn and now she's determined to kill him herself.</span><div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For those who want to enjoy Finn's </span>odyssey from the beginning<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> start with Steel Fear(#1) and Cold Fear(#2). Mann and Webb have created a complex character in Chief Finn. Steel Fear was a pretty high bar debut and the pair just keep raising that bar with each new title.</span></span></div>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-58161447738294048652023-07-18T10:00:00.001-06:002023-07-18T10:00:00.147-06:00How Can I Help You, Laura Sims<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Patricia Delmarco, self-confessed failed writer
gets a job as a reference librarian in a small town library. The patrons and
staff seem normal, until a death in the women’s bathroom reveals a different
side to one of her colleagues. Patricia begins to dig and the secrets she unearths
could turn into a true crime bestseller or land her in the obituaries column.</span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-83935274454937898162023-07-04T10:00:00.005-06:002023-07-04T10:00:00.151-06:00Last Dance, Mark Billingham<p>It’s been just shy of two months
since Declan Miller’s wife - and fellow detective - Alex vanished from the
Majestic Ballroom mid-competition only to wind up dead on a Blackpool street hours later.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dec, who was immediately put on
medical leave can’t hack sitting around doing nothing so he takes his awful
jokes and quirky attitude back to work. Teaming up with Xiu, his replacement,
their first case is murder at the ‘how on earth did they give it three stars’
Sands hotel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Was this a northern gangland
killing, fratricide or maybe a jealous spouse with a hitman on speed dial. Dec
works the case with Xiu, his dancer friends, a young homeless informant and
Alex who despite being dead keeps showing up in his kitchen to chat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Billingham has blended a northern police
procedural with Strictly Come Dancing added some genuinely surprising plot
twists and come up with a winner. </span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-18497853650218413762023-06-20T10:00:00.001-06:002023-06-20T10:00:00.178-06:00Zero Days, Ruth Ware<p>Jack Cross gets paid to break into
high tech buildings. She and her hacktivist husband Gabe pinpoint security
breaches for companies large and small. It's a point of pride that she rarely
gets arrested, when she goes Gabe will bail her out, but Gabe is dead; murdered
whilst Jack was out on a job.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In a fog of grief Jack realizes
that she is being set up and narrowly evades arrest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With nothing left to lose she’s
determined to punish Gabe’s killer if it’s the last thing she ever does.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare to let your coffee go cold as you read
this in one sitting.</span>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-48901440839507411272023-06-13T10:00:00.001-06:002023-06-13T10:00:00.136-06:00Puzzle Master, Danielle Trussoni<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sudden acquired savant syndrome; the result of a
high school football injury left Mike Brink a changed man. A message from Dr.
Thessaly Moses at Ray Brook prison piques Brink’s curiosity. Her patient, Jess
Price, who is serving 30 years for murder has drawn a mysterious puzzle, the
God Puzzle. Solving it could change Brink’s life and humanity in ways he can't
possibly imagine; especially since a shadowy cabal with deep pockets is also
after the solution and will stop at nothing to acquire it.</span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-66516113727786705592023-06-06T10:00:00.001-06:002023-06-06T10:00:00.175-06:00My Murder, Katie Williams<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi, I’m Lou, mother to adorable baby Nova, wife
of Silas and the 5th victim of a serial killer (technically I’m Lou’s clone and
don’t worry, they caught the serial so he can’t hurt anyone else) The scandal
prone Replication Commission cloned all five of us victims and though my life
fits me well enough there’s still the thorny question of who actually murdered
me because until the serial 'confessed' the cops were about to arrest somebody
else for my murder. </span></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-42595899650146772212023-04-11T10:00:00.001-06:002023-04-11T10:00:00.218-06:00Going Zero, Anthony McCarten<p>A public private partnership pairs
tech titans Cy Baxter and Erica Coogan with the CIA. Using Baxter’s predictive
FUSION tech they will attempt to track down and apprehend 10 ‘zeros’ (nine
security experts and one rogue librarian) If the ‘zeros’ can elude capture for
30 days they win 3 million dollars and FUSION loses billions in government
funding.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the deadline looms, Baxter
begins to cut corners.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Never hook a scheming billionaire
up with a predator drone.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">You may want to scrub your social media accounts
after reading this book.</span>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657124805727395810.post-19948625334125209582023-03-14T10:00:00.003-06:002023-03-14T10:00:00.212-06:00Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado<p>Antonia Scott was a genius<i> before</i> the Red Queen project. Now she's hyper intelligent and broken. She spends her days in an empty flat and her nights next to a Spanish hospital bed being serenaded by an eeg machine. Inspector Jon Gutierrez is flamboyant, jobless and prison is looming; his one chance at redemption is to convince Scott to accompany him to a crime scene at one of the most exclusive residences in the country. Ahead of the pair a body drained of blood, kidnappings with impossible ransom demands and behind them all a ghost who matched wits with the Red Queen at the height of her powers and lost. </p><p>Gomez-Jurado's Red Queen, Black Wolf and White King have been huge Spanish bestsellers - be warned you'll get whiplash from the twists and turns and some serious Lisbeth Salander vibes.</p><p><br /></p>Mystery Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02810971708313950589noreply@blogger.com0