Harry Hunt’s fortunes have definitely changed since the events chronicled in The Poison Machine, the outstanding prior novel in this series. Gifted a significant sum of money by his noble benefactors, he’s since devoted himself to decorating his newly acquired Bloomsbury Square home in anticipation of proposing marriage to Grace Hooke, the niece of his…
The Last Twelve Miles is a fantastic summer read. The setting switches back and forth between Key West, Florida, the Bahamas and Cuba, and Washington D.C. Erika Robuck weaves an absorbing tale of two historical figures, both extraordinary, unforgettable women. The year is 1926. Prohibition is the law of the land and in “the Prohibition…
Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt MacmillanAudio · Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt, audiobook excerpt Paterson, New Jersey’s favorite reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter returns in Dog Day Afternoon, the next mystery in this fan favorite series from National Bestselling Author David Rosenfelt. May the Wolf Die by Elizabeth Heider For readers of Jane Harper,…
Late 19th century Paris is a place of innovations and wonders. For engineer Fin Tighe, it’s also a place of refuge, a city where he can forget about his troubled youth in England and what remains of the unhappy family he left behind. Instead, he can focus not only on taking care of his beloved…
The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman The third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York. Dead Tired by Kat Ailes MacmillanAudio · Dead Tired by Kat Ailes, audiobook excerpt The second in a charming and hilarious mystery series by Kat Ailes, Dead Tired follows…
Young Will Schumacher considers himself lucky. Though poor and often hungry, he has steady work as a reporter for Seattle’s Daily Star, and a guaranteed one meal a day at the lodging house where he boards. That’s a lot more than most can say in 1933, with the whole country in the throes of the…
Most thriller writers are suckers for a good story. I’m one of them. And if the story is true, many of us start playing the “what-if” game. What if I took a character and imagined it happened to her? What if I set the story in Chicago? What if I created a backstory that explained…
This stunning, cinematic tale of detectives and fox people in the sunset of Manchurian-ruled China is one of the most thoughtful multi-sleuth mysteries I’ve had the pleasure of reading in a while! Our titular heroine prefers to go by the name Snow. She is, indeed, a fox wife out of legend, capable of switching between…
Watch on YouTube Order on BookShop: About The Rumor Game by Thomas Mullen: Reporter Anne Lemire writes the Rumor Clinic, a newspaper column that disproves the many harmful rumors floating around town, some of them spread by Axis spies and others just gossip mixed with fear and ignorance. Tired of chasing silly rumors about Rosie…
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander MacmillanAudio · Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead by Jenny Hollander, audiobook excerpt Nine years after rebuilding her life after a terrible tragedy, Charlie Colbert is now the editor-in-chief of a successful magazine and her past is history. All that is threatened when…
