The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories: Otto Penzler, editor
I’ve been reading this anthology (785 pages) slowly, since the beginning of March, dipping in at bedtime or when insomnia …
Category Archives: Detective ficton
Rounding out the past year
I closed 2013 by finishing a book that I’ve been picking up and putting down for months, as well as …
Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus
I was intrigued by this book’s title, and discovered it was the first novel published in English (in translation) by …
The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
I saved this book—number eight in Louise Penny’s “Inspector Gamache” mystery series—to read while on vacation in Québec. Although I …
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is set in post-war England. Having fought in the war and mysteriously …
The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
Glancing through The Pigeon Pie Mystery’s introductory cast of characters, I braced for that unique brand of peculiarity found only …
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
Leaving Everything Most Loved is the tenth book in Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs series set in 1930s England. Maisie has …
A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny
A Trick of the Light opens with a vernissage, the preview of an art exhibition before its formal opening. Patient, …
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
Je me souviens. Perhaps you’ve seen it on a Quebec license plate: I remember. I’d always thought of it as …
The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart
I’ve been waiting for this book since reading Erin Hart‘s last book, False Mermaid, published in 2010. I can understand …
