The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
In The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith, Ramotswe (the detective) has taken on two puzzling cases of alleged false impersonation and…
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Nerve by Dick Francis
Nerve by Dick Francis follows the story of a jockey who discovers that his losing streak is caused by something sinister.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (the author of the Remains of the Day) follows the lives of a group of children who were…
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth is not your average fractured fairytale, despite retelling the familiar story of Rapunzel.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler is a mystery and crime book following the private investigator Phillip Marlowe in a fast moving story about blackmail…
Author Review: Clive Cussler (Update)
Author Review: Clive Cussler has written 58 adventure type books and some of his books are written in conjunction with others, notably his son…
Winter at Death’s Hotel By Kenneth Cameron
Louise Conan-Doyle finds herself alone in New York without money after her famous husband, Arthur, is forced to continue his lecture tour without her.
Flight by Jan Burke
Flight By Jan Burke was the Winner of the Edgar Award for Southern California — Best Novel, 2000.
The Nightmare Thief By Meg Gardiner
The Nightmare Thief By Meg Gardiner is part of the of the Jo Beckett Series and was written in 2011.
Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone
Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone tells the story of the four daughters of Count Raymond Berengar V, of Provence who all became queens including Eleanor…
The Viaduct Murder by Ronald Knox
Ronald Knox wrote his first detective novel, The Viaduct Murders in 1925 and wrote Essays in Satire in 1928 in which he included the essay…
Macchiavelli by Joseph Marulin
Niccolo Macchiavelli rubbed shoulders with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci when Florence was at the forefront of the Renaissance, the cultural flowering of Europe. When…