Burning MidnightLoren D. EstlemanForge, $24.99 In olden times, Loren Estleman of Whitmore Lake would have been regarded as a master craftsman. He's 60-plus books into a more than impressive career, setting the bar high in both the Western and the private-eye genres, while also writing the occasional standalone as well ...
Blood in the Water Jane Haddam Minotaur, $25.99 This is the 27th Gregor Demarkian novel, making Jane Haddam one of the steadiest performers around. Each year she publishes a polished, thoughtful novel, featuring one of the more endearing of contemporary detectives. While she surrounds Gregor with the Philadelphia and specifically ...
One Red Bastard Ed Lin Minotaur, $25.99 "...You have to suck at it for years until one day your experience pays off and you reach a point where you know what you're doing." "It's like everything else, then, isn't it?" I was a big fan of the first book Minotaur ...
The Last Good Man A.J. Kazinski Scribner, $26 Thanks to Steig Larsson and Henning Mankell, the axis of the mystery universe has shifted. Where American readers used to feel as familiar with the streets of London and the interiors of British country houses as with the streets of New York ...
Button HoledKylie LoganBerkley Prime Crime, $7.99 Buttons? What kind of interesting or even passable novel could be written about buttons? Quite an entertaining one, as it turns out, by old pro Kylie Logan, who readers may also know as Casey Daniels or Miranda Bliss. The premise of this cozy is ...
Not everyone reading these words will know that I am an African-American man, so I’m taking a moment to mention it here. I don’t remember a time when I was unaware of being African-American, nor do I remember a time when I was unaware that that fact made me "different" ...
Before the PoisonPeter RobinsonWilliam Morrow, $25.99 Peter Robinson is one of the most intellectual of all mystery writers — and I'm including P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and the late, lamented Reginald Hill in my assessment. One of his recent books, All the Colors of Darkness, was a take on Othello, ...
Death of the MantisMichael StanleyHarper, $14.99 The third book in Michael Stanley's Detective Kubu series set in Botswana is the best one so far, which is saying a lot. Stanley's novels are a complex and nuanced look at Botswana and Southern Africa, combined with a good mystery puzzle and one ...
Spoiler alert: This review contains spoilers about the author's previous novels.Believing the LieElizabeth GeorgeDutton, $28.95 I am a died-in-the-wool, absolutely hooked, totally smitten Elizabeth George fan. Ever since I read and inhaled her wonderful first novel, A Great Deliverance, I haven't looked back. Until... And every Elizabeth George fan knows ...
Cozy Corner has chosen a Top 12 title list from 2011 for readers to pick up in 2012.
Christmas MourningMargaret MaronGrand Central, $7.99 There are any number of Christmas mysteries, ranging from the sublime to the terrible. A couple of my favorites include Joan Coggin’s Who Killed the Curate?, originally published in 1944. The story follows the utterly charming Lady Loops, who marries an older vicar with whom ...
EndangeredA Summer Westin MysteryBy Pamela BeasonPaperback, 304 pages, $7.99 If you are a fan of beautiful wildlife descriptions, a spunky main character and a great plot, grab a copy of "Endangered" by Pamela Beason that looks at the lives of park rangers and cougars in Utah. In this new series, ...
Murder SeasonRobert EllisMinotaur, $25.99 “She could smell it in the pillow as she pulled it closer. On the sheets as she rolled over in the darkness and searched out cool spots that were not there. Murder Season. She was floating, drifting. Cruising through an open seam between sleep and consciousness.” ...
To Catch a LeafA Flower Shop MysteryBy Kate CollinsPaperback, 321 pages, $7.99 A missing kitty. Stolen art. The murder of an heiress. “To Catch a Leaf” by Kate Collins will totally entertain you. In this 12th book in the series, Collins has outdone herself as Abby gets ready to get ...
Death on a PlatterA Josie Marcus Mystery Shopper Mystery No. 7By Elaine VietsPaperback, 288 pages, $7.99 We all have them. Favorite authors who we look forward to reading — title after title after title. Elaine Viets is one of my favorite cozy authors. I look forward to each new installment ...
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