A Racing Murder (The Ham Hill Murder Mysteries, #2) by Frances Evesham Setting: England Source: Book Tour The next thrilling Ham-Hill Murder Mystery from bestselling cosy crime author Frances Evesham. A winning horse. A fierce rivalry. A sudden death. Belinda […]
Murder in the East End
Murder in the East End (Kat Holloway Mysteries #4) by Jennifer Ashley Setting: England Published on August 4, 2020 Pages: 320 Format: eBook Source: Library When young cook Kat Holloway learns that the children of London’s Foundling Hospital are mysteriously […]
The Kat Holloway Mysteries
Format: eBook Source: Library This series actually starts with a novella called Soupcon of Poison but Death Below Stairs is listed as the first book. It is confusing. I didn’t read the novella that introduces all the characters and that […]
Baby Elephant Fighting Crime!
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan Setting: India Published on September 15th 2015 Pages: 320 On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the case of a drowned boy, whose […]
Lady Helena Investigates
Lady Helena Investigates Setting: England Published on March 14, 2018 Pages: 391 1881, Sussex. Lady Helena Scott-De Quincy’s marriage to Sir Justin Whitcombe, three years before, gave new purpose to a life almost destroyed by the death of Lady Helena’s […]
Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe
Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Café by Richard Dee Published on June 15th 2017 Pages: 234 Buy on Amazon Meet Andorra Pett; with her trusty sidekick, she’s taken over a derelict cafe. On a mining station. It just happens […]
A Great Reckoning
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny Published on August 30th 2016 Pages: 389 When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But […]
Kingdom of Strangers
Kingdom of Strangers Series: Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #3 Setting: Saudi Arabia Published on June 5th 2012 Pages: 375 “A secret grave in the desert is unearthed revealing the mutilated bodies of nineteen women and the shocking truth that […]
Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness
Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness (Ethical Chiang Mai Detective Agency #1) by David Casarett Setting: Thailand Published on September 13th 2016 Pages: 368 Buy on Amazon “Two nights ago, a young woman brought her husband into the emergency […]
IQ – Sherlock Holmes in East Long Beach
IQ by Joe Ide Published on October 18th 2016 Pages: 336 Buy on Amazon East Long Beach. The LAPD is barely keeping up with the neighborhood’s high crime rate. Murders go unsolved, lost children unrecovered. But someone from the neighborhood […]
Strange Gods
Strange Gods by Annamaria Alfieri Published on June 24th 2014 Pages: 288 Buy on Amazon In early 20th century British East Africa, there are rules for the British and different ones for the Africans. Vera McIntosh, the daughter of Scottish […]
City of Veils – a mystery set in Saudi Arabia
City of Veils Published on August 9th 2010 Pages: 400 Buy on Amazon Women in Saudi Arabia are expected to lead quiet lives circumscribed by Islamic law and tradition. But Katya, one of the few women in the medical examiner’s […]
Finding Nouf: a mystery set in Saudi Arabia
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris Series: Nayir Sharqi & Katya Hijazi #1 Published on 2009-05 Pages: 305 Buy on Amazon Fast-paced and utterly transporting, “Finding Nouf” is a riveting literary mystery and an unprecedented window into the lives of men […]
Dick Francis’s Damage
I don’t read a lot of mysteries, especially series of mysteries. This author is one I read routinely though. I appreciate that there isn’t a repeating character that always finds a dead body and takes it on himself to investigate. […]