Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes series continues delightfully apace with her heroine’s ninth mystery, Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose. Young readers who jumped into her adventures thanks to the Netflix movies will find their footing easily enough, and Springer’s spry sense of humor and nose for action scenes remain as strong as ever….
Lisa Jewell’s latest mystery, None of This is True, will remind you why our parents were so adamant about ‘stranger danger’. Josie and her husband Walter are celebrating her birthday at a trendy new restaurant when they spot another birthday girl just a few tables away, having a bigger, grander celebration. Josie is enthralled by…
My shoulders tensed the moment I began reading Everyone Here is Lying and they didn’t relax until I turned the very last page. A gripping whodunit, this story will have you reading into the wee hours of the night, unable to put it down until you reach its startling conclusion. Their affair was meant to…
Some nights are just full of bad decisions. Or bad luck. Jack (Jacinta) is certainly experiencing one of those evenings. As a security specialist, she has been hired to penetrate an insurance company to test just how well their current level of protection works, but from the start things go awry and Jack quickly finds…
With My Little Eye is the latest mystery/ thriller from stellar writer Joshilyn Jackson. The tale of a good actress with a very bad fan, it highlights the struggles women face in dealing with stalkers. Meribel Mills is initially unphased by the obsessive, peculiar mail she receives. The letters are going to her agent, not…
If I were to give a title to Alex Finlay’s latest novel, I would not have chosen What Have We Done but rather the far more appropriate ‘What the Hell Happened?’ Part John Wick, part mystery, this adventure thriller tells the surprising story of a group of bad kids gone good and what happens when…
Kate Lansing’s Till Death Do Us Port is the fourth story in the Colorado Wine Mystery series and the first book I’ve read from this author. Truth be told, I haven’t read any cozy mysteries recently. In my teens I devoured the Mrs. Pollifax stories by Dorothy Gilman and I’m an avid fan of the…
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her stroller, her mother vanishing into the crowds.A year on, Kim Gillespie’s absence casts a long shadow as her friends and loved ones gather deep in the heart of South Australian wine country to welcome a new addition to the…
Ever wondered what the classic film Pretty Woman would be like if it was actually a dark noir? Adele Parks provides the answer to that question in her latest thriller One Last Secret. Dora has always known her job was dangerous. As a high-end call girl, she doesn’t experience the same level of risk as…
The internet has made it hard to keep secrets, especially for celebrities. In The Personal Assistant, author Kimberly Belle tackles the question of just where the line between public discourse and private matters should be drawn for social media gurus – or if there even is one. Her first viral post had given her a…
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