We find Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in Quebec City, spending time with his dear friend and mentor Emile Comeau. Both he and Jean-Guy Beauvoir, his…

Written in 1934, this is the first of Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn mysteries: she wrote 32 in total. It’s not brilliant – Marsh is feeling her…

I strongly recommend reading the rest of the series before reading this instalment. I approached this book with some trepidation as I knew it was…

Andrew Wilson has written a novel that ‘explains’ Agatha Christie’s disappearance for ten days in the winter of 1926. He cleverly weaves the known facts…

It’s 1965 and the world of fashion is about to be turned on its head by a young English model appearing in a mini-dress at…

G M Malliet, is an American author of mystery novels and short stories, who is best known as the author of award-winning crime novels, including…

A Darkness Absolute is a compelling psychological crime thriller, set in the frozen wastes of the Yukon. In some ways, this story parallels the work…

Sigh…the village of Three Pines…don’t we all want to live there? ‘It has croissants and cafe au lait. It has steak frites and the New…

Welcome to Dr. Siri Paiboun’s world! It’s 1976 and Laos has experienced ‘a quiet transition from what the president called ‘a bastardised version of America’…

The author (or publicist) is a master of the innocuous sounding book title. A World of Curiosities refers to a master painting found bricked up…

In the secret tunnels under the heart of London, a mysterious group of detectives recruited for Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquires use their cunning and…

Lots of fun! If you’re a fan of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club then I guarantee you’ll enjoy this book. Judith Potts is seventy-seven…