Mysteries and Children's Books
Historical mysteries are a special kind of reading escape. Not only do we get to solve the mystery puzzle, we’re transported to another time and place where the clothes, food, and smells bring the past to life. This year, since we’re barely leaving the neighborhood, historical fiction seems especially appealing.
Mix John Sandford’s Virgil Flowers and Robert Parker’s Spenser with a financial crimes investigator, and you’d get Seamus McCree.
Before we even talk murder and blizzards, know this: if you’re a simple vanilla or chocolate ice cream lover, this book will make you reconsider your ice cream repertoire. Collette’s creative use of fruit, cakes, and mix-ins made me hungrier with each new flavor.
At times you’ll laugh, but you’ll be angry, too. Mostly you’ll be entertained.
Was Moriarty just misunderstood? I might lose some English major friends for admitting this, but I recall reading only one Sir Arthur Conan Doyle book starring Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of Baskervilles
In the cutthroat world of faculty politics, publish or perish is real. The ink on her PhD barely dry, Lila Maclean has captured a coveted position at prestigious Stonedale University. As if teaching, grading papers, and publishing original research weren’t challenging enough, Lila’s colleague turns up dead. When the body count increases and danger lurks around every corner and tunnel, Lila teams up with her few friends to figure out whodunit before she becomes the next victim.
First in a new series, Shoot the Breeze introduces us to Kate Rosetti, a wise-cracking, self-assured young detective.
When a dead body is found in Cat’s art gallery, the search begins for a killer with a mysterious connection to a large painting entitled “Kissed.”
Bonus points for a creatively gruesome murder weapon. Anastasia Pollack’s career as crafts editor at a New York women’s magazine is a unique premise for a mystery series.
Please join me on my first virtual book tour happening June 17th – 30th. Each day, Death by Dissertation will be featured on a different website. Some are book reviews, others are interviews or articles I’ve written as a guest post for another blogger. I’ve enjoyed answering their thoughtful questions and writing behind-the-scenes details about […]
