Given that ‘Christie for Christmas’ was a thing, it’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that the Christmas spirit can be increased with the addition of fictional murder. In The Mistletoe Murders, P.D. James gives us four holiday-themed short stories. Since the stories are unconnected, and there are only four of them, I’ll cover them one… Read More Book Review: The Mistletoe Murder by P.D. James
I have referenced my book haul far too many times, but I’ll probably continue to reference it because I’ve not finished reading! One of the books I bought was A Study in Scarlet, the first Holmes and Watson novel. While I was reading this book, I kept thinking back to the first episode of Sherlock:… Read More Reading A Study in Scarlet after watching Sherlock
I love keeping up to date with my writer friends, so when Nathan contacted me to see if I was interested in reviewing Sweet Sixteen Killer, his detective novel. Of course, I said yes, because I also really love mysteries. Sweet Sixteen Killer is a Mercedes Masterson detective novel and, I hope, the first in… Read More Book Review: Sweet Sixteen Killer by Nathan Weaver
Thank you Em from A Geeky Jock for constantly talking about Jackaby because that kept it on the top of my TBR list, which meant that I managed to read book two only one and a half years after I read book one. As with the first book, Beastly Bones is an extremely fun read… Read More Book Review: Beastly Bones by William Ritter
The Inspector Maigret mysteries were recommended me by my friend, Warren, and since I intend to read at least a few books in the series, I decided to start with the first. Pietr the Latvian was a strange novel. It starts with Inspector Maigret getting word that a notorious conman, the titular Pietr, has been… Read More Book Review: Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
This has been on my TBR list for a while (I think because of Bookstagram? Or maybe I saw it in one of the blogs I follow? Maybe both?) so when I finally managed to go to the library earlier this month when they re-opened, I hunted (and found!) a copy to read! I was… Read More Book Review: The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda
This Kickstarter book had me at “Sherlock Holmes meets Cthulhu”. While I haven’t read the Solar Pons stories or been able to find August Derleth in the library, which means I went into this collection unfamiliar with the main characters, I still enjoyed this short story collection very much. A little bit of backstory: August… Read More Kickstarter Book Review: The Necronomicon of Solar Pons edited by Derrick Belanger
After I picked up Malice and realised that there’s still a lot of Higashino Keigo books that I haven’t read, I decided to try and find a few more books. I managed to pick up this copy of Salvation of a Saint in the library, which is great because it’s a Detective Galileo novel and… Read More Book Review: Salvation of a Saint by Higashino Keigo
“My name’s Kazumi Ishioka. I’m a huge fan of mysteries; in fact, they’re almost an addiction.” I’ve had this book on the Overdrive wishlist for the longest time ever, but only got around to it now. And I regret my wait so much because this is an amazing (if slightly disturbing) mystery. I actually had… Read More Book Review: The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Shimada Soji
“In the kingdom of the blind, Amelia recited to herself as she trudged along— —the one-eyed man is king, Gamache read.” Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny Ever since How the Light Gets In, I’ve been waiting for the Inspector Gamache series to finish. But Louise Penny has always managed to write another great book… Read More Book Review: Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny