Dead Money

Dead Money a twisty and challenging mystery perfect for all you armchair detectives out there! Mackenzie is a fixer for rich tech bros. When one bro is murdered, he leaves his money tied up within his estate, possibly for years. Mackenzie works for a venture capitalist firm highly invested inContinue Reading

Here Beside the Rising Tide

Here Beside the Rising Tide is an unusual book. It begins as the story of a steamy romance writer’s own divorce. It adds a bit of romance and a whole lot of fantasy. Not sexual fantasy…but Pokémon fantasy? What if renamed Pokémon characters were recruited to fight off a realContinue Reading

Strange Pictures

After reading literally tens of thousands mysteries throughout my life, I kept seeing the same recycled plots reused over and over again. I despaired of ever being truly surprised by a mystery again. Until I read Strange Pictures. This book is a mystery that slowly comes together piece-by-puzzling piece. EachContinue Reading

RuriDragon Vol 1

RuriDragon, Vol. 1 is a coming-of-age manga that throws an interesting spin onto female adolescence. Aoki wakes up with horns growing out of her head. Her mother nonchalantly mentions that Aoki’s father is a Ryu, or Japanese water dragon, so that explains it. Her girlfriends can’t stop groping them. TheContinue Reading

Invisible Helix

Invisible Helix is the latest translation of a Detective Galileo mystery. Unfortunately, I feel that this book is the worst book in the series so far. Yawn! I’m not sure if it is the translation or just too many Japanese cultural references but I found this novel to be aContinue Reading

Perfect Storm

Perfect Storm is the sixth book in the Alaska Wild series. It has two mysteries. Who is killing the off-gridders living near the abandoned Blue Mine? Could it be Bigfoot, or just a man masquerading as a Sasquatch? Will Beth survive the upcoming winter now that she is being stalkedContinue Reading

Trouble Island

Bootleggers, mobsters and snow, oh my! Trouble Island is an atmospheric historical mystery based on a true story set on an isolated island in Lake Erie. Aurelia is a maid to a gangster’s wife, Rosita. Rosita is mourning the death of her son. Aurelia has secrets of her own. SheContinue Reading

The World According to Cunk

I’m rather upset that I had to interrupt my doomshopping and doomscrolling to read The World According to Cunk. It totally got me out of my post election funk because it’s hilarious! Truly laugh-out-loud funny. While based on the real world, and history, and stuff like that, Cunk has anContinue Reading

ChatGPT Secrets

ChatGPT Secrets is the third book in a trio of books about ChatGPT by the same author. It is a good overview for rank beginners who have barely heard of AI and never used it. For those more experienced AI users, there are a few unusual ideas for using itContinue Reading