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Category Archives: Mystery
The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of hipster thrillers ★ ★ ★ I really think my recommendation says it all, but here’s some specifics: A very, very down-on-his-luck record fan is getting desperate. The estate broiler finally broke, … Continue reading
Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of Spenser ★ ★ 1/2 The One Where Spenser is Schooled on the Dangers of the Souless Suburban Life by Susan. Also The One Where We Meet Hawk, Who Is a … Continue reading
God Save the Child by Robert B. Parker
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of Spenser ★ ★ 1/2 Oh, Parker. I swear, there must have been a standard in the 70s (1974, to be exact) where 25% of a detective novel had to be … Continue reading
Don’t Ever Get Old by Daniel Friedman
Read March 2019, sort of Recommended for fans of ? ★ ★ Sometimes, age doesn’t bring wisdom, and unfortunately, Buck Schatz (get it) is one of those cases. I started “Don’t Ever Get Old” hoping for humor–say, Grandma … Continue reading
The Godwulf Manuscript by Robert B. Parker
Read again March 2019 Recommended for fans of Spenser, really old school PI ★ ★ ★ Ah, the first Spenser mystery, the one to start a series of almost forty books in forty years. Having started it somewhat … Continue reading
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Read March 2019 Recommended for fans of Christie, Sayers ★ ★ ★ ★ I didn’t know much about the Magpie Murders when Dan 2-Headphones suggested it as a buddy read. I read the description, and though it … Continue reading
Housetrap by R.J. Hore
Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of noir fantasy ★ ★ ★ Sometimes I find these little surprises on my Kindle. Call them gifts from carol.-past, or perhaps errant waves and electrons slipping through the ether. Or … Continue reading
The Dry by Jane Harper. Why, yes, a bit
Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of Australia ★ ★ 1/2 I read it. Really, carol., you think you are going to get away with that shit? You’ll never remember this book. I can barely remember it now. … Continue reading
The Emperor’s Pearl by Robert van Gulik
Read February 2019 Recommended for people who like murders in ancient China ★ ★ ★ Judge Dee and his wives are attending the annual dragonboat races when one of the drummers suddenly dies as his boat is about … Continue reading
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Read February 2019 Recommended for people who like traveling in the 60s ★ ★ ★ You know what’s lovely about Mrs. Pollifax? She’s unabashedly enthusiastic about travel and about meeting people from other cultures. Published in 1966, it … Continue reading
