Tag Archives: Mystery

There are few writers who can be as consistently bizarre as Carl Hiaasen. Kinky Friedman, though, is such a man.

The politics of this novel are impossible nasty: the explanation for the girl's dishonest behaviour is "bad blood".

Scott Turow is no John Grisham, and that’s good, because one Grisham is enough. The two writers sometimes get lumped together because both had major bestsellers with thrillers about court, and suddenly, surprisingly, they made stories about lawyers exciting and fascinating. Definitely not an easy task. But while Grisham has …

She has a richness of texture, a complexity of character and exploration of still-current themes that Christie can't match.

Rocksburg, Pa. Detective Officer Rugs Carlucci has two problems, one of which is much more difficult emotionally. The first fits into his traditional job – help determine who killed a local steel magnate. This work is relatively easy. But it’s the second problem – dealing with his mother as she …

Dunning, who has won the Nero Wolfe Award, wrote Booked to Die and The Bookman’s Wake. Both were excellent. This new book pales, however, in comparison to the two earlier ones. Dunning owned a Denver bookstore for many years but now does his sales online. I mention this because in …

As with many reporters, I will always have a soft spot for Michael Connelly. While I was working as a crime reporter for the Hemet News and the Sun City News in So. Cal as a younger man, he was a cop reporter for the L.A. Times. My dream then …

Chris Brookmyre's novels are so much more than just a plot waiting to be uncovered that you will want to read them repeatedly.

Have a little faith in your congregation's ability to think for themselves.

The Quill Literary Foundation has created the first literary awards whose results will be decided by the book buying public.