The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
I was on the prowl for a light detective story and after reading the summary of “The Busy Body” in January, 2024 “Library Reads,” I decided this new mystery sounded perfect!...
Category: Mystery
The Life of Crime by Martin Edwards
I love mysteries and crime fiction. I love reading them and reading about them. In this book, “Martin Edwards has drawn on his experience as an award-winning novelist to capture the...
Lost Son by Brett Forrest
Lost Son is a nonfiction investigative mystery/thriller in which national security reporter Brett Forrest describes his efforts to find out what happened to a young man named Billy Reilly who was...
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
This novel, published in 2019 by Park Row, shines as both a psychological thriller and mystery! The mystery ‘event’ is based on a true crime case (Slender Man) and includes three...
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
Every Man a King is the title of a radio address delivered in 1934 by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. In the speech, Senator Long railed against the concentration of wealth...
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Winter Counts is a fiction story centered on Virgil Wounded Horse and his nephew Nathan, members of the Sicangu Lakota Nation. Virgil works as a private vigilante on the Rosebud Reservation...
Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March
Indian American author Nev March’s debut novel, Murder in Old Bombay, is the winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award and a nominee for both an...
The Child Finder: A Novel by Rene Denfeld
I had an extremely difficult childhood and every day after school I’d go to the public library, which was my sanctuary. I learned early about the power of story and imagination...
Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger
Is it the rolling of thunder that scares you?Is it the crashing of clouds that hold fear?But all I know as I sit in a corner aloneIt takes me back to...
Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
Thank you to the individual who placed Repentance on display in the New Books section of my local library! I’m so glad I spied it and gave it a try. A...
