Category Archive: Mystery

Review #47: A Drink Before War by Dennis Lehane

Somehow the first in the Kenzie/Gennaro series escaped my attention. I found this little gem at a local bookstore for only $5. Love getting real books by my favorite authors at great prices!… Continue reading

Review #44: The Last Victim by Karen Robards

Karen Robards mixes the paranormal with a fairly standard serial killer mystery to mixed results. In this mash-up of genres, Dr. Charlotte Stone (Charlie) is a renowned forensic psychiatrist specializing in the study… Continue reading

Review #43: Devil’s Waltz by Jonathan Kellerman

Book Description: The doctors call it Munchausen by proxy, the terrifying disease that causes parents to induce illness in their own children. Now, in his most frightening case, Dr. Alex Delaware may have… Continue reading

Review #42: Children of the Fog by Cheryl Kaye Tardif

From Good Reads: Sadie O’Connell is a bestselling author and a proud mother. But her life is about to spiral out of control. After her six-year-old son Sam is kidnapped by a serial… Continue reading

Review #37: Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams

Keye Street is an ex-FBI profiler and current private detective, doing her best to make her new business work while staying true to herself. She gets a call from her cousin Miki, a… Continue reading

Review #25: Blindman’s Bluff by Faye Kellerman

I read this book about two or three week’s ago and as I sat to write this review had the hardest time remembering what it was about. Then I stared at the title… Continue reading

Review #24: The Night Season by Chelsea Cain

The Night Season features two main characters from Chelsea Cain’s “Heart” series, Detective Archie Sheridan and reporter Susan Ward. It has been several months since the end of the Heart trilogy, and psychopath… Continue reading

Review #22: Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner

Live to Tell is part of the D.D. Warren series. In this tale, Gardner uses three distinct characters’ narratives to interweave her story. First is D.D. Warren, who is a detective on the… Continue reading

Petalfrog’s Review #21: Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane

Patrick Kenzie and Angie Genarro are private detectives in Dorchester, Massachusetts, one of the “toughest” neighborhoods of Boston. They are hired to find Amanda McCready, the four year old daughter of neglectful Helene… Continue reading

Review #19: While the Savage Sleeps by Andrew Kaufman

I decided to get this book after reading The Lion, The Lamb, and The Hunted, by the same author and enjoying it quite a bit. This book is also listed as: #1 Bestseller,… Continue reading