A Deadly Episode is the sixth installment in the clever and endlessly engrossing metafictional universe Hawthorne and Horowitz series.
Linda HitchcockMay 28, 2026
Fast and Fastidious is an absolutely smashing and highly entertaining genre-defying first novel by R.M. Caldwell, a pseudonym for New Zealand theater director and escape room puzzle designer. The author has described it as a “mash-up of Pride and Prejudice and Fast and the Furious." Set in 1810 Regency England…
Linda HitchcockMay 22, 2026
Kudos to publisher SOHO Crime for their continued commitment to presenting international, multicultural mysteries and thrillers, providing readers with exciting, well-crafted plots and fresh viewpoints. London-based, multi-award-winning journalist and novelist Maha Khan Phillips was raised in Karachi, Pakistan, the setting for The Museum Detective, now available in paperback. This series…
Linda HitchcockMay 19, 2026
Leonie Swann, a pseudonym for a stellar German crime writer, with translations from the adroit Amy Bojang, first introduced quirky, elderly sleuth Agnes Sharp in 2020. According to the author, Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For concludes the series, and just as tears are often shed at weddings,…
Linda HitchcockMay 18, 2026
This reviewer’s sole complaint about personal favorite award-winning author Ed Lin is the long wait between books in his Taipei Night Market series, which began in 2014 with Ghost Month. The Dead Can’t Make a Living is the fifth featuring the sympathetic stand-out protagonist and narrator Jing-nan. Incidentally, Jing-nan is…
Linda HitchcockMay 12, 2026
It’s a common mantra amongst writers that ‘ideas are easy; writing them is hard,' and while I do stand by this, I am not a writer blessed with endless ideas. I’m very self-critical, picky and easily distracted. For an idea to survive from my head to the page, it has…
Frances WhiteMay 12, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
Neil NyrenApril 24, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
Neil NyrenApril 24, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
Linda HitchcockApril 17, 2026
The Star from Calcutta is the fifth in Sujata Massey's acclaimed, award-winning Perveen Mistry historical mysteries set in the 1920s. Her previous engaging series took place in contemporary Japan, featuring protagonist Rei Shimura, an expert antique and art dealer. Perveen Mistry is the sole female lawyer in Bombay who, after…
Linda HitchcockApril 15, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
BookTribApril 15, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
R.G. BelskyApril 14, 2026
Mark Hammond’s The Lost Panel dives into one of art history’s most enduring mysteries — the 1934 theft of the Ghent Altarpiece’s “Just Judges” panel — and reimagines it through a sweeping narrative that bridges centuries. Blending meticulous historical research with inventive storytelling, Hammond explores the blurred lines between truth…
BookTribApril 6, 2026
Among the many treasures of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, is a massive altarpiece painted by the Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck. Its many panels depict an array of biblical figures, saints, martyrs, soldiers, prophets, clergy, angels and other figures attending a pastoral scene at the center, where the…
BookTribMarch 25, 2026
In this powerful memoir, Lyn Barrett recounts her journey through Dissociative Identity Disorder, revealing how a family crisis unearthed her long-buried childhood trauma. Crazy: Reclaiming Life from the Shadow of Traumatic Memory is a story of resilience and transformation — the reclaiming of a life once fragmented by trauma.
Linda HitchcockMarch 18, 2026