Panther’s Breath: A Novel by Lee Martin is a blend of coming-of-age, mystery and murder, and romance, a tale with well-developed characters and themes. After the death of their mother, Sam Haygood and his sister, P.J., find themselves growing up in a world they never...

Pursuit by Indy Quillen is the second novel in her Fox Walker series, preceded by her award-winning debut, Tracker. While Pursuit picks up where Tracker leaves off, it reads perfectly well as a stand-alone (although you'd be missing out in going that route). Fox Walker...

In Pacific Reaper: Detective Emilia Cruz Book 5 by Carmen Amato, the dead body of a gang member is discovered inside a tent in the remote Coyuca Lagoon reserve. It’s a ritualistic murder, a sacrifice to Santa Muerte, Mexico’s forbidden saint of death. The case...

In Pancake Money by Finn Bell, Bobby Ress is a young detective who works homicide in the small city of Dunedin at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand. He has a firm conviction of who he is and what his role is...

Picture Perfect Murder by Jenna St. James is the first book in the Ryli Sinclair Mystery series. Ryli Sinclair didn't expect to end up back in her small hometown of Granville, or to be working as a reporter for the local paper. On Ryli's first...

Peregrine Island: A Novel by Diane B. Saxton is a snapshot of three generations; Winter, her daughter, Elsie, and granddaughter, Peda. Each has very different ideas and feelings and Diane B. Saxton has written a comprehensive description of them. Winter is the family matriarch, while...

A missing bribe sends a young college student running for her life in the brilliant thriller, Plain Brown Wrapper by Greg Lynch. A secretary by day and a bartender at night, Allison Kerry is working two jobs to supplement her college grants and help her...

Pebbles in the Water by Mandar Naik is a series of short stories that reveal an element of realism associated with humanity. The book consists of four stories. The Third Companion is about a woman who just found out that her dead husband had an...

Parade of Horribles by Rhett DeVane is a lovely southern tale. The book mainly follows the lives of besties Jake Witherspoon and Hattie Davis Lewis, although other characters’ lives are focused on too. Jake is receiving some nasty text messages. Combined with that and running...

On her first day at the Cloisters gallery in New York, where she has been employed as a restorer, Mackenzie Ferrara is introduced to Italian restorer Anthony Bataglia, who is recognised as a world leader in the field. Painter of Time by Matthew O’Connell chronicles...