Appalachia
Polly Stewart’s Debut “The Good Ones” Shifts Crime Fiction Toward Friendship
A debut mystery about complicated friendships set in Appalachian Virginia offers fresh territory for readers.
❧Mystery fiction
amateur sleuth
Inishowen Mystery Returns: Ben O’Keeffe Solves Again
Andrea Carter's fifth Inishowen mystery combines legal drama with Irish atmosphere.
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Lottie Parker Book 4: Why Gibney’s Police Procedural Still Works
A frank reader's-eye look at the fourth Lottie Parker novel by Patricia Gibney, the missing commuter case, and why this…
1st in series
We Know You Remember Review: A Nordic Police Procedural With Real Place
Tove Alsterdal's We Know You Remember opens the High Coast series. Our take on the characters, the setting, and why…
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Lisa Jamison Returns: A Noir Sequel Worth Queueing
Lori Duffy Foster's "Never Broken" returns Lisa Jamison for a gritty sequel, blending modern slavery, organized crime, and family in…
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A Victorian Mystery That Plunges You Into London’s Deadliest River Disaster
Karen Odden's second Corravan mystery blends real 1878 Thames tragedy with fiction.
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Daisy Darker” by Alice Feeney: A Halloween Island Mystery
A look at Alice Feeney's locked-island thriller "Daisy Darker", a Halloween-set family mystery with countdown chapters and VHS clues.
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Without The Moon” by Cathi Unsworth: A Noir Gem From Wartime London Worth Rediscovering
Cathi Unsworth's 2016 historical crime novel draws on true 1942 London murders to create an atmospheric noir experience that rewards…
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Murder in a Sussex Seaside Town: Death of a Mermaid Lands
Lesley Thomson's Death of a Mermaid, published June 2022, brings DI Toni Kemp back to a coastal Sussex setting with…