Books that include a murder mystery investigation.
Guest blog by Ian Thirkettle James Patterson often writes in partnership with other authors. I was curious as to how these partnership books are written. They are presented as James Patterson books and he is very much the brand. I have not noticed a difference in style between different books of his I have read. For… More The process of co-authoring books
The First Lady by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois Guest blog by Ian Thirkettle I have just finished reading ‘The First Lady’ by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. This was a typical Patterson rollercoaster that drew me in, got me hooked and kept me until the end. It won’t win a Booker or Pulitzer Prize,… More First Lady
High Five is another Stephanie Plum murder mystery by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum is out of rent money and, unfortunately, out of bail skippers. So she throws caution to the wind and follows in the entrepreneurial bootsteps of Super Bounty Hunter, Ranger, engaging in morally correct and marginally legal enterprises. Things don’t go to plan.… More High Five
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Guest Blog by Ian Thirkettle – I just read the second book in the Joe Kurtz series by Dan Simmons. I enjoyed the second as much as the first and I am looking forward to reading the third.… More From Parker to Joe Kurtz
Withering Heights The formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman may now be happily married and a mother, but Ellie Haskell has not lost her wit, her weakness for Gothic romance, or her knack for solving crimes. So when her young cousin, Ariel, suddenly turns up on Ellies doorstep asking her to investigate some mysterious happenings… More Withering Heights
RESORT TO MURDER is a Miss Dimont Mystery by TP Fielden This is the second book in the Miss Dimont series, but not having read the first book was not an issue. The story is set in Temple Regis, Devon during the late 1950s. It begins with a body found on the beach which turns… More Resort To Murder
I’ll admit I have seen lots of Sherlock Holmes films and TV shows, but not actually read a Sherlock Holmes book. So I have no idea how the first non-Doyle Sherlock Holmes story, written by Anthony Horowitz, compares to those of the great man himself. The House of Silk, published in 2011, was the first… More The House of Silk
Having read the first two books in the Louie Knight series – Aberystwyth Mon Amour and Last Tango in Aberystwyth – it took me a while to read the third book in the Aberystwyth Noir series – The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth. Plot of The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth: There is nothing unusual… More The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth
Settled back to read another Agatha Raisin story. This one, called Agatha Raisin and Love Lies and Liquor, was a bit different to the others with kidnapping, money laundering, criminal gangs etc as well as the murders to be investigated. I seem to be reading these out of order, as her love interest, James Lacey,… More Agatha Raisin and Love Lies and Liquor