Mortman, Doris.  Out of Nowhere. Cynthia Baird discovers a money laundering scheme which results in the murder of her brother by a drug cartel.  Nevertheless, Cynthia agrees to testify at the trial.  The drug cartel is vengeful, however, and both...

Hill, Reginald.  A Killing Kindness. Reprinted by Felony and Mayhem Press, this is #5 in the Dalziel & Pascoe series.  As usual, with Hill's earlier novels in this series, I find it most interesting to observe the development of Hill's style and the...

 Davis, Lindsey.  Alexandria:  A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. While not one of my favorite Falco mysteries, the information about Alexandria and the great Library was fascinating. Falco and Helena, along with their children and Falco's brother-in-law,...

Adams, Will.  The Alexander Cipher. Contrived.  Thought I'd like it because it was an archaeological mystery, but didn't find the characters particularly interesting or the plot involving.  Fiction.  Mystery.  2009.  336...

“Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger.”  Ben Okri Love this quote...