C.A. Larmer brings readers back to the Murder Mystery Book Club series with its eighth installment, The Mysterious Affair at Styled Magazine. This time, amateur sleuth and journalist Alicia Finlay receives tragic news about her longtime friend and beauty assistant at Styled Magazine, Virginia “Ginny”...

The Washashore by Christopher Mirabile opens on a storm-lashed morning in Provincetown, where newly appointed police chief Silas Lopez responds to a foundered boat before dawn. The uneasy calm shatters when a body is discovered near Town Hall, brutally injured in what first appears to...

The Badass Widows by Valerie Saul is an excellent book. The widows are not your typical mature women. One fixes boat engines. Another is a tech guru. The main character, Beth, is a retired FBI agent, which puts her in a formidable league of her...

Jane Dougherty did not expect housesitting for her cousin, Elizabeth, to go awry in Two Hours To Bedlam, a Route 66 Mystery by J.G. Macdonald. Yet, she finds herself in a mystery far deeper than expected. When a body is discovered in a sulfur pond,...

The Killer’s Remorse by Jimmy Ray Conner is a historical mystery set in 1960s San Francisco. The story follows homicide detective Holly Webb, who is the city’s first woman to be assigned to the division. Along with her partner, Grant Parker, she’s launching a cold...

The Cardinal Crime by Simon Drayton will appeal to young adult fans of mysteries, crime fiction, and detective novels. Eighteen-year-old John Smith is a detective for Noble Detective Agency, or NDA. John and his older colleague, Rebecca Young, start an investigation in the small town...

In The Glass Marble, by Ozzie Logozzo, haunted by ghosts from her past, Police Detective Francesca Bruno must reconcile with tragedy and the knowledge that she is part of a system that failed. Life quickly spins out of control for Detective Bruno when New York...

When Cyrus Darian saves Brent's life, he has no idea how his actions will affect his own life. Brent unexpectedly dies, and Cyrus is left to inform Brent's commune members of his passing. Cyrus receives a lukewarm welcome at Reckoning Grove, and some residents are...

The Chameleon Killer: Alma Rossi Book 1 by Rick Mendes is an interesting mystery that has the feel of a “true crime” story. Alma Rossi is a young female detective in Hillsford, California, who, despite her age and gender, is the most senior of the...

In The Juror’s Secret by Jimmy Ray Conner, the shining star in the story is elderly widow Grace Tilley, who works at the Bay Savings Bank in Cow Hollow. While this upmarket suburb of San Francisco is a lively and thriving area, there are problems....