My Review In A Game of Cones, Browyn is the manager of her family-owned ice cream shop in small town Chagrin Falls, Ohio. During a town meeting, a big city real estate developer mentions his plans to build a vertical mall in the historic town triangle. Later that day, heContinue Reading
In Good Eggs, Kevin Gogarty has 99 Problems and a light-fingered mum is one. Eighty-three year-old Millie is caught shoplifting in the local shop. But it was only a birthday card and a packet of crisps. What’s the worst that could happen? “A single horrid thought filters through: if theContinue Reading
Burke, Heather and Skye are entwined in the most convoluted love triangle I’ve ever read. Just when you think you have it all figured out, BANG!, the plot abruptly changes direction. If a mate seems Too Good to Be True, they probably are is a truism for a reason. AndContinue Reading
Matt has been through a lot in the past few years. His brother, Danny, was convicted of his girlfriend’s murder and is now in prison. A Netflix documentary has tried, and failed, to overturn his conviction. Now, the worst has happened. Matt’s father, mother and two younger siblings have diedContinue Reading
Ready for some down home Southern country charm? The setting of Asheville NC seems almost like a character in the latest Blackman Agency mystery, Fatal Scores. The Blackman Agency is composed of two private detectives, Sam and Nakayla, who also live together. When a young paper mill heir, Luke, isContinue Reading
It’s a fish-out-of-water tale when a Chicago mobster named Sailor visits New Mexico in 1946. He is looking for revenge from a corrupt Senator. But a Chicago detective is also looking for the Senator in Ride the Pink Horse. It is amazing what were acceptable words to use to describeContinue Reading
If Agatha Christie decided to try her hand at a modern-day cozy mystery, The Postscript Murders would be the result. When 90-year-old Peggy is found dead in her retirement home in West Suffix, no one is surprised. She was old and suffering from a heart condition. However, when her caretakerContinue Reading