“I would love to hear readers’ comments concerning this book, both positive and negative. It was my first attempt...” So writes John W Long, author of Red Blood on White Cotton at the end of this incredible novel, and right off the bat I’d like...

Nikki Garcia is a private investigator, a former international fraud auditor who is running for her life after a death threat. When she arrives in Barcelona with her fiancé, Eduardo Duarte, she is confident that the danger has been left behind her. Besides, only Floyd...

A dog with a unique way of communicating uses his gifts to help his private detective companion search for the missing proprietor of a rescue dog shelter in the brilliant sleuth mystery novel, Requiem for a Rescue Dog Queen (The Talking Dog Detective Agency Book...

Restless Earth by John Dolan brings together four men who, it seems, have little or nothing in common, but somehow they are all inextricably linked. An embittered, sick old man, Jedediah Reichenbach is just looking for revenge against his nemesis, the amoral and evil businessman...

Reported Missing by Sarah Wray is a good read. When Rebecca’s husband goes missing the same day as a 14-year-old girl, he is presumed guilty until proven innocent. Rebecca, however, chooses to believe that her husband is innocent. With the help of too much alcohol,...

I love books with characters that are real, flawed and relatable, and a setting that is, of course, colorful. Roses, Wine & Murder: In the City of Steeples by Rose Young didn’t disappoint me. I must say that I found more than what I bargained...

Rippling Red by Brigid George is the third book in the Dusty Kent Mystery series and follows investigative journalist Dusty Kent and her steadfast assistant, Sean O'Kelly, as they try to solve a cold case (well, two actually) in Australia's lush Northern Territory. Traveling to...

Rip Tides is the ninth Lei Crime novel by Toby Neal. In the continuing saga of Detective Lei Texeira, the body of surfing champion Makoa Simmons washes ashore, and it is Lei’s job to investigate his murder. Meanwhile, her husband, Michael Stevens, struggles to overcome...

The idea of writing a modern book based on the ancient Greek plays with a chorus, and action from two different viewpoints is intriguing and innovative. This is the framework in Remember Me? Faukon Abbey Mysteries Book 1 by A.K. Lakelett. Set in the present...

Rome Un-Holiday by Katie Bloomstrom is the third novel in the Samantha Stone series. After two relatively successful missions, Sam Stone plans to spend a lengthy vacation in Rome with her famous heiress friend, Leah, for her new Italian film. What started out as the...