International Mystery & Crime

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Thrilling International Mystery Perfectly Blends Sherlock Holmes and Kung Fu

Welcome back the dynamic duo, Judge Dee Ren Jie, a lecturer at the University of London, and his sidekick Lao She, a shy scholar, who are China’s version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson! Brilliant minds, clever disguises and more martial arts moves and Kung Fu fighting than seen in…

Linda HitchcockMay 5, 2025

The Eden Evacuation The Greatest Art Forgery Ever Dreamed

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Thrilling Novella Unravels Conspiracy Behind Art Forgery and Sudden Disappearance

The Eden Evacuation is screenwriter Jarek Tomszak’s fast-paced debut novella. A savvy young Chicago-based historian takes his edgy artist girlfriend on a life-changing holiday to Rome to view the Vatican’s extensive art collection. When she goes missing and both the Italian authorities and the U.S. embassy stonewall attempts to find…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 16, 2024

Fiction Miscellany Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Ambiguous Loss and Perseverance: The Making of “Foreign Seed”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a literary podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he…

Blaine DesantisSeptember 11, 2024

Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Love, Intrigue and International Arms Trade: Unveiling Joanne Leedom-Ackerman’s “Burning Distance”

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisApril 26, 2023

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: From Bucharest to Books: Author William Maz on Espionage, Authenticity, and the Legacy of Oligarchs

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisJuly 19, 2023

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Mysteries at Sea: Nev March’s Intricate Web of History and Whodunits

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

Blaine DesantisOctober 11, 2023

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“Shadow Music” Orchestrates a Perfect Symphony of Missing Artwork, Mafia Men and Murder

Helaine Mario’s latest suspense novel, Shadow Music (Oceanview), begins in 1985 at the border between Austria and Hungary with two women on the run: aspiring nun Donata and her best friend Tereza, both raised behind the iron curtain and seeking freedom abroad. Tereza clutches her baby daughter and her father’s…

Nikki ErlickSeptember 21, 2021

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Murders Inside a Mysterious Hotel Derail an Irish Countryside Wedding

Who doesn’t like an old-fashioned, atmospheric mystery set in a remote part of the Irish countryside? If this describes you and you’re a fan of authors such as Louise Penny, Lisa Gardner or the immortal Agatha Christie, Murder at Greysbridge (Oceanview Publishing) by Andrea Carter could stir your soul like…

Dennis HetzelNovember 3, 2021

Fiction

Gripping Debut Tackles Crime, Culture, Colonization in 1914 Fiji

Nilima Rao leaves the reader wanting more! Her gripping, dramatic debut crime novel A Disappearance in Fiji (Soho Crime) will soon be available in a paperback edition and she is working on an eagerly anticipated sequel A Shipwreck in Fiji. The first book is set in 1914 forty years after…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 30, 2024

Thrillers

Chinese Veteran Turns Detective in 1920s London

What do you get when you combine two multi-talented creative minds that collaborate on an imaginative new series? This clever one is probably the best homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic pairing of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Elementary, my dear reader, it is the hottest must-read murder…

Linda HitchcockApril 29, 2024

Fiction

Fourth Novel in Elly Griffiths’ Unofficial “Cozy Crime” Series Is A Delightful Continuation

Putting a new Elly Griffiths novel in the hands of a super fan is like giving a chocoholic a Willy Wonka golden ticket — as this powerhouse author never falters or disappoints. While the Ruth Galloway series is on hiatus, The Last Word gifts readers with the return of both DI…

Linda HitchcockMay 6, 2024

Fiction

“Last Seen in Havana” Explores Cuban American Mother’s Disappearance

What happens when you mix a starry-eyed blond, blue-eyed teenage surfer girl wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt with a strikingly handsome genuine Cuban revolutionary soldier nearly twice her age who is one of Fidel Castro’s right-hand men? Hint: this is not a romance novel despite their “meet cute”. I heartily…

Linda HitchcockMarch 28, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Steve Berry’s “The Atlas Maneuver” Thrills with Lost Treasure, CIA Intrigue and Weaponized Bitcoin

Forget everything you think you know about bitcoin. Steve Berry is about to enlighten — and perhaps alarm — you. In his latest international thriller, The Atlas Maneuver (Grand Central Publishing), book 18 in Berry’s bestselling Cotton Malone series, Cotton must not only unravel the mystery involving the lost treasure…

Dawn IusFebruary 22, 2024

Fiction

Alexander McCall Smith Brings You a Cabin-In-The-Woods Mystery Unlike Any Other

Alexander McCall Smith’s website welcomes readers with the following: "Find Happiness within the pages of an Alexander McCall Smith book". This is sound advice indeed! My recommendation is to have one or more of his books on your nightstand or loaded to your e-reader to soothe jangled nerves, calm stress,…

Linda HitchcockOctober 12, 2023

Fiction

One Woman’s Fight for Justice & Equality in Historic Bombay

It’s a happy day when a reader can dive into a suspenseful new novel written by international best-selling and multiple award-winning author Sujata Massey. Her eagerly anticipated work The Mistress of Bhatia House (Soho Crime), latest in the Perveen Mistry series, is now available. These historical fiction mysteries are well-plotted,…

Linda HitchcockOctober 11, 2023

Miscellany Thrillers

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Returns, Karin Smirnoff Breathes New Life Into Series

Stieg Larsson’s death in 2004 left a near impossible hole to fill for fans of Swedish crime fiction — his renowned Millennium saga, kicking off with the bestselling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, had quickly become a pop culture phenomenon, and the book’s legendary Gothic punk hacker Lisbeth…

Dawn IusAugust 31, 2023

International Mystery & Crime

Thrilling Novella Unravels Conspiracy Behind Art Forgery and Sudden Disappearance

Books & Looks Podcast: Ambiguous Loss and Perseverance: The Making of “Foreign Seed”

Books & Looks Podcast: Love, Intrigue and International Arms Trade: Unveiling Joanne Leedom-Ackerman’s “Burning Distance”

Books & Looks Podcast: From Bucharest to Books: Author William Maz on Espionage, Authenticity, and the Legacy of Oligarchs

Books & Looks Podcast: Mysteries at Sea: Nev March’s Intricate Web of History and Whodunits

“Shadow Music” Orchestrates a Perfect Symphony of Missing Artwork, Mafia Men and Murder

Murders Inside a Mysterious Hotel Derail an Irish Countryside Wedding

Steve Berry’s “The Atlas Maneuver” Thrills with Lost Treasure, CIA Intrigue and Weaponized Bitcoin

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Returns, Karin Smirnoff Breathes New Life Into Series

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