Our story begins, as these stories often do, with an awfully convenient murder. Not convenient for the murder victim, of course. They probably had plans, hopes and dreams, maybe even a date or a meal left unfinished. No, I guess their murder came as a bit of a shock for them. It might not even…
You’re reading a winner when before you’ve even finished the first chapter you’re thinking, When’s the movie coming out? This is like Crazy Rich Asians with a murderous spin. Clarissa Song, freelance journalist’s Khin Haymar’s demanding boss, dangles the assignment of a lifetime to Khin, an opportunity to profile Tyler Tun, Hollywood’s hottest male lead.…
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…
Newlywed Meddy Chan is looking forward to jetting straight from her European honeymoon with her beloved husband Nathan to her family’s hometown in Jakarta. She’s excited to introduce him to her motherland, accompanied, of course, by her own mother and her mother’s three sisters, collectively known as The Aunties. Nathan has been so amazing about…
From the beginning of the Sparks and Bainbridge series, I wanted to play with the idea of two women running a licensed marriage bureau in 1946 London whose own matrimonial prospects were unlikely, to say the least. Gwen Bainbridge is a war widow who was so shattered by her husband’s death that she ended up…
When Annie Pederson was nine years old, her little sister Laura was snatched away from her and she herself left for dead in the waters of Lake Superior, near their hometown in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP.) In the twenty-four years since, she’s blamed herself for her sister’s abduction, and chased every lead she could find…
When iZombie was first announced, I was reluctant to get onboard. I am not ordinarily a fan of Zombies. I have proudly never watched an episode of The Walking Dead. But the brains, so to speak, behind the series belonged to Rob Thomas, creator of the late, lamented series Veronica Mars. For that reason alone…
Lead Me Into Danger by Daniella Bernett is a debut mystery featuring a journalist and jewel thief embroiled in international intrigue (available October 1, 2015). A journalist, a jewel thief, and a Russian spy…when their paths cross, it’s murder. Journalist Emmeline Kirby hasn’t laid eyes on her former lover Gregory Longdon, a jewel thief, in…
Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland is the second historical cozy in the Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins mystery series (available September 22, 2015). Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins are at the posh Royal Ascot, the biggest horse racing event of the season. Eliza's father is the new co-owner of a champion racehorse, and…
On the Road with Del & Louise by Art Taylor is a collection of six short stories that tell the tale of two criminal lovers trying to start a new life (available September 15, 2015). It’s no secret that I am a short mystery fiction addict. I am also a dedicated mystery novel fan. So…
