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Mr Monk is Miserable (2008) by Lee Goldberg
This book operates as the second half of a pair, with the previous book in the series, Mr Monk Goes to Germany (2008), which I read earlier this month. Due to this link between them I decided to read...
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End of Story (2024) by A. J. Finn
Today’s review is for a mystery from a new-to-me author who I decided to take a punt on, as the premise sounded like it had some interesting metafictional potential. Others reading this post may be...
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Bodies from the Library 5 (2022) ed. by Tony Medawar
This post is a smidge (well maybe a bit more) late, as it was my March read for my short story collecting reading project. I was looking forward to reading this one as this is a series I invariably...
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Cafes, Cake, and Crime: ‘Where Do We Go from Here?’ (1948) by Dorothy L. Sayers
I am cautious about setting myself too many reading goals, so this year I only set myself the one: To read once a month, one of the short story collections sitting on my TBR pile. The list for this...
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Beef vs. Deene: Comparing Leo Bruce’s Two Mystery Series
This month’s choice for book group, was a re-read for me, taking me back to the very beginning of the Sergeant Beef series: Case for Three Detectives (1936). It is arguably Leo Bruce’s best-known work...
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Close to Death (2024) by Anthony Horowitz
Getting the next instalment in the Daniel Hawthorne series is always a treat that I look forward to and I was intrigued by the murder method used, the archery theme putting me in mind of John Bude’s...
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The Cat Wears a Noose (1944) by Dolores Hitchens
Unsurprisingly my cat was just a tad concerned when she noticed the title and cover of my next read. Fearing for her life she was about to call the RSPCA, when fortunately, I was able to explain that...
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The Book Forger: The True Story of a Literary Crime that Fooled the World...
Do you like collecting books? Do you like bibliomysteries? Do you enjoy reading about unlikely duos solving crime? Do you enjoy reading about villains who hide their misdeeds behind a respectable...
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The Mystery of Treefall Manor (2023) by J. S. Savage
I decided to give this one a try after reading The Puzzle Doctor’s review of it a few months ago. Synopsis ‘A house full of suspects. Two dogged detectives. One impossible murder.When the owner of the...
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Impact of Evidence (1954) by Carol Carnac
Carol Carnac was one of the pennames Edith Caroline Rivett used for writing her mystery novels, although you might be more familiar with her other pseudonym, E. C. R. Lorac. This is only the second...
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (2019) by...
True crime is not a genre I dip into very often, but today’s read was my second true crime read of April. I didn’t really know much about the Jack the Ripper case, yet even the slimmest awareness of...
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Book of the Month: April 2024
Yes, I know, I am hideously late with this post, but April was a bumper month for reading books – 16 in total. Surprisingly three of those reads were non-fiction (it’s unusual for me to read that many...
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My Brother’s Killer (1975) by Jean Potts
Jean Potts is an author I have enjoyed in the past and with today’s read I have now completed ten books by her. My two favourite reads by Potts are: The Little Lie (1968) and The Evil Wish (1962). The...
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Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case (1975) by Agatha Christie
Sometimes when I can’t decide which new book to read, I opt for a re-read instead, which is why this Christie title is being reviewed today. It is one that I have had on my to-be-re-read list for a...
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Mr Monk and the Dirty Cop (2009) by Lee Goldberg
It is almost a given for me now, that if I go away on a trip, I take an Adrian Monk mystery with me. When luggage space is tight you want to take books, you are likely to enjoy. I also find that...
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The Fashion in Shrouds (1938) by Margery Allingham
May’s Book group choice saw me returning to the work of Margery Allingham. My history with her books has been somewhat up and down. Prior to today’s read, I have enjoyed The Tiger in the Smoke, The...
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Hanged Man’s House (1974) by Elizabeth Ferrars
Hanged Man’s House is my latest pick from my unread Ferrars novels, and it is a non-series title this time. The synopsis intrigued me, as it has a victim who is found hanging, but who did not die from...
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The Worm of Death (1961) by Nicholas Blake
I was impressed and surprised with myself that by pure accident I managed to read this book on the same day ten years apart. That said I had no memories of the plot when I returned to this novel for a...
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Mystery at Furze Acres (1929) by David Whitelaw
It has been a while since I have read an obscure new-to-me author. This is no bad thing per say, as I have been enjoying the many reprints which have been coming out, and I have also liked returning...
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Put Out the Light (1931) by Ethel Lina White
I’ve not read anything by Ethel Lina White for a while, four years in fact, mainly because I have read a lot of her work already and the remainder is not the easiest to find cheaply. But it has been...
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