Death in Daylesford by Kerry Greenwood
This is the 21st instalment in the ever engaging Honorable Phryne Fisher, lady detective series. It’s been a long seven years since the 20th instalment…
Mystery & Crime
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Troubled Blood (Cormoran Strike #5) by Robert Galbraith
Cormoran and Robin are asked to investigate the 40 year old cold case of Margot Bamborough, a doctor who went missing and was never heard…
The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) by Elly Griffiths
When I reviewed The Stranger Diaries last year, I commented that I hoped that Griffiths would write more books with the delightful DS Harbinder Kaur…
The Chalk Pit (Ruth Galloway #9) by Elly Griffiths
The Chalk Pit is the ninth book in the Dr Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths, and it ticks all the boxes!
The Red Hand by Peter Temple
The Red Hand by Peter Temple contains the last unfinished Jack Irish novel, along with other stories and reflections.
Death of An Old Master (Lord Francis Powerscourt #3) by David Dickinson
Death of An Old Master by David Dickinson is the third in the Lord Francis Powerscourt series.
The Buried Circle by Jenni Mills
Jenni Mills has written a real page turner! The Buried Circle of the title refers to the 5000-year-old stone circle at Avebury in Wiltshire.
Crooked River (Agent Pendergast #19) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Surprisingly, the 19th book in the FBI Agent at Large Aloysius Pendergast series takes place less than a month after Verses for the Dead (book…
Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs #3) by Jacqueline Winspear GABY
Pardonable Lies demonstrates Winspear’s ability to balance pace, plot and characters with skill and dexterity.
Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #8) by Jacqueline Winspear
In Maisie’s 9th instalment Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear, she is asked to investigate the ‘accidental’ death of Eddie Pettit, a simple man ‘whose…
The Water Room by Christopher Fowler
Having thoroughly enjoyed Fowler’s first Bryant & May mystery, Full Dark House, I approached The Water Room by Christopher Fowler with combined excitement and…
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths
The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths is another great page turner. This time she has turned her hand to a gothic thriller, in a contemporary…