Category: Fiction Reviews

Meg Langslow organizes a Renaissance Faire with her grandmother, Cordelia, in The Falcon Always Wings Twice, the 27th book in Donna Andrews’s Meg Langslow series. Located at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, which Cordelia runs, …

Henrietta Von Harmon learns about the 1935 version of social distancing when she gets engaged to Clive Howard in A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox. As someone who comes from among the poorest neighborhoods …

In Make Believe Murder by Leslie Langtry, Merry Wrath gets paid a visit by an old friend from Langley, Hilly Walker, an assassin (except that the CIA doesn’t employ assassins) on her very first vacation. …

If you are a fan of The Perfect Girlfriend, you are sure to love Karen Hamilton’s newest novel. The Last Wife is a 361 page, psychological thriller that will be hitting shelves on July 7th. 

Andy Carpenter has a big problem. He would like nothing more than to enjoy his time spending his large inheritance by playing with his dogs Tara and Sebastian and running the dog rescue group he …

Who knew that owls could cause such violent controversy? In Owl Be Home for Christmas by Donna Andrews, eminent zoologist Dr. Blake decides to hold Owl Fest 2019 at the Caerphilly Inn just before Christmas, …

Merry Wrath, CIA spy-turned-Girl Scout leader, has just wrapped up another wild Girl Scout meeting when someone sticks a gun in her back and demands the return of “Nye,” in Meerkats and Murder by Leslie …

In Circle of Influence by Annette Dashovy, Zoe Chambers serves as the local paramedic in the small Pennsylvania community of Vance Township. She attends a meeting of the township supervisors, where Jerry MacBernie, a particularly …

In A Girl Like You by Michelle Cox, Henrietta Von Harmon has been working as a 26 girl at a local bar in 1935 Chicago. However, she is barely making enough money to support her …

Kitty Underhay has been invited to visit her father’s family, whom she never knew existed, in Murder at Enderley Hall by Helena Dixon, set in England, 1933. Having grown up without either parent, Kitty is …