The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear is the 15th installment of the Maisie Dobbs series, and now Maisie must balance her dangerous new case while her own feelings of love and grief threaten to overwhelm her. Intrepid investigator Maisie Dobbs drives an ambulance during the London Blitz, investigates a sensitive case of murder, hopes to adopt an orphan,…
In her sequel to Rattle, Fiona Cummins launches the reader back into the world of Detective Sergeant Fitzroy and her pursuit of “The Bone Collector.” Detective Sergeant Etta Fitzroy continues the search for the serial killer, aptly nicknamed “The Bone Collector” because of his obsession with unusual human skeletons. Brian Howley was raised to care more…
Poisonous by Allison Brennan is the third thriller in the Max Revere Series (available April 12, 2016). Teen-aged Internet bully Ivy Lake fell off a cliff and few people cared … except her mentally-challenged eighteen-year-old step-brother, Tommy. He loved her in spite of her cruelty. He's distraught and doesn't understand why his blended family is…
Daughter of Albion by Ilke Tampke is a historical mystery set in Ancient Britain on the cusp of Roman invasion (Available April 19, 2016). A baby girl is abandoned on the doorstep of the Tribequeen’s kitchen. Cookmother takes her in and names her Ailia.Without family, Ailia is an outsider in her village, forbidden from marriage and…
Sleuth fans, we’re back again, and this time with an even longer list of the best women detectives, crime fighters, and amateur mystery solvers pop culture has to offer. When we published a round-up of 13 of the best female sleuths earlier in the month, we were delighted to see what readers had to say…
Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, and the Hardy Boys, but what about the best female sleuths from pop culture? Women have been solving crime and catching bad guys in books, television, and movies just as long as men—only they’ve been doing it better. Let’s face it, women do almost everything better. Call it female…
When the Honorable Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, owner of one of the best faces known to man) sashays into Melbourne, the city truly doesn't know what's hit it. With her Louise Brooks-style bob and a pearl-handled pistol in her purse, the fashionable heiress doesn't hesitate to speak her mind and flaunt her stuff. She's…
Dark Tides by Chris Ewan is a standalone thriller, set in the landscape of the Isle of Man, following Claire Cooper through a series of dark and eerie happenings centererd around the Manx Halloween tradition of Hop-tu-naa (Available December 8, 2015). When Claire Cooper was eight years old her mother mysteriously vanished during Hop-tu-naa, Halloween…
Hello and welcome back once again to my look at Marvel's Jessica Jones series. Today, we've reached the penultimate installment of my 4 part feature where we'll look at Episode 8 “AKA WWJD?”, Episode 9 “AKA Sin Bin,” and Episode 10 “AKA 1,000 Cuts.” See also: Episodes 5-7 You know how last time I talked…
Welcome back to my recaps of Marvel’s Jessica Jones. Last time, I took a look at the show’s initial four episodes and analyzed, evaluated, and shared a comic fan’s insight into the characters and events. In part 2, I’ll do the same with Episode 5 “AKA the Sandwich Saved Me,” Episode 6 “AKA You’re…
