The first in a series, this book explains how and why Donna became a housewife assassin. American mom mixed with thriller containing plot twists and a fair smattering of sex. (You have been warned) When Donna Stone’s husband is killed by a car bomb as she is in labour with their third child, that’s not her… More The Housewife Assassin’s Handbook by Josie Brown
Book one in the Kiki Lowenstein series by Joanna Campbell Slan is Paper, Scissors, Death. However, there is also a prequel, called Love, Die, Neighbor which shows how Kiki came to be an amateur sleuth. Love, Die, Neighbor As the mother of an active toddler and the wife of an often absent husband, Kiki Lowenstein already has… More The Kiki Lowenstein series
Jim Rockford was played by James Garner in The Rockford Files. He was a struggling private investigator operating in the greater Los Angeles area. Garner was the only actor to appear in every episode of the series. Each episode began with the image of Rockford’s answering machine, and the opening title sequence was accompanied by someone leaving Rockford a message. As the camera focuses on… More Jim Rockford
Let me start by saying this is a mystery book not a murder mystery. The Cuckoos’ Egg is a book about tracking a spy through the maze of computer espionage. Written by Clifford Stoll when the internet was in its infancy, it still packs a punch all this time later. Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned… More The Cuckoos Egg
Invisible is the first book in the Ivy Malone Mystery series by Lorena McCourtney Ivy follows the Miss Marple/Jessica Fletcher tradition of being a little old lady sleuth. However, instead of being seen as an investigator, she, like other ladies of a certain age, has become invisible. Sales assistants etc just don’t see little old ladies.… More Invisible
As you settle back on your sofa to watch the latest murder mystery, do you ever think that you could be solve the case as well as the detective could? Do you often find that you have guessed who did it long before anyone else has a clue? Then put your skills to the test… More Put your skills to the test
The unforgettable Jessica Fletcher Winner of four Golden Globes and nominated for 12 consecutive Emmy awards for Best Actress in a Drama, Angela Lansbury starred as Jessica Fletcher in the murder mystery series Murder, She Wrote. Quick to outwit both criminals and cops when it comes to solving a murder, Jessica used her considerable intellect, charm,… More Murder She Wrote
As you might expect from a website called magnum-mania, the top place in the list of America’s Top Sleuths goes to Thomas Magnum, the main character in Magnum, P.I. The show, which starred Tom Selleck as Magnum, ran from 1980 to 1988. Magnum was a private investigator in Hawaii. He lived in the guest house on Robin Masters’ estate, as security for… More Thomas Magnum
An open and closed case? A murder mystery requires a unsolved crime. It also requires an investigator to unravel the mystery. Someone to put the clues and evidence together to catch the criminal. There are two ways this can be approached – Open and Closed. Closed The classic ‘whodunit’. Neither the audience nor the investigator… More Lt. Columbo and the “open” murder mystery.
On a very hot summer’s day in 2018, my team of newly promoted detectives traveled back in time to the winter of 1967…… Chief Superintendent ‘Nipper’ Read had received an unexpected phone call. After years of trying desperately to put Ronnie and Reggie Kray behind bars, the pair had been found murdered! ‘Nipper’ Read needed our help… More CluedUpp