A Tulip in Winter

Canadian author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Lauren Soloy’s A Tulip in Winter…

2023 PEN America Literary Award Winners

The 2023 PEN American Literary Award Winners have been announced! This year’s…

Giving Up Is Not an Option: Book Censorship News, March 3, 2023

We’re all tired. The coordinated attacks on everything from Drag Queen story…

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

Yes, the eponymous protagonist of Liz Nugent’s new crime mystery, Strange Sally…

On the Radar: There will be killing

James R Benn is a master of mystery and historical crime writing…

Forager

Journalism professor Michelle Dowd was raised in California’s Angeles National Forest as…

The Bestselling Fantasy Books of All Time

I think most of us are vaguely familiar with the bestselling fantasy…

Death Comes to the Costa del Sol by MH Eccleston

Sun, sangria and sleuthing are all in store for art conservator Astrid…

Cathleen Schine finds humor in the heartbreak of exile

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cathleen Schine sat lounging…

The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz

Evan Smoak, AKA Orphan X, AKA The Nowhere Man, is back but…

Help Support the Book Drive for Green Hill School Prison Library

Green Hill School in Chehalis, Washington is, as described on its website,…

A Sinister Revenge

Veronica Speedwell returns in A Sinister Revenge, the eighth mystery in a…

The Case of the Cursed Cottage by Cathy Ace

Cathy Ace’s WISE women return to tackle another set of perplexing puzzles…

Milloo’s Mind

Pakistani American author Reem Faruqi tells the fascinating story of her late…

The Exceptions

In 1999, author Kate Zernike, then a reporter for The Boston Globe,…

On the Radar: Sally Diamond is forever

Do you love off-kilter crime thrillers? Do you love cosy crime fiction?…

More Politicians Need To Address Book Bans: Book Censorship News, February 24, 2023

Last week, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker delivered his State of the State…

Our Top 10 titles of February 2023

★ The Bullet Garden After writing a trio of books about ex-Marine…

Paris Police 1905 back on BBC Four

We have good news for lovers of historical crime drama. Five years…

These are the Finalists for the Best Audiobooks of the Year

The Audie Awards, presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association, described itself…

Enchantment

Katherine May’s essay collection Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age offers…

Harker – The Black Hound – Part Two by Roger Gibson & Vincent Danks with Andrew Richmond

We first came across DCI Harker and his right hand man DS…

March 2023 issue preview

They say that March comes in like a lion, and that’s the…

The doctor will see you now… Ronnie Turner

It’s time for the first 2023 edition of Dr Jacky Collins’ video…