BASIL’S WAR A WWII SPY THRILLER By Stephen Hunter New York: Mysterious Press, 2021. $23.95 FINDING TESSA By Jaime Lynn Hendricks New York: Scarlet, 2021. $25.95 THE LAST COMMANDMENT By Scott Shepherd New York: Mysterious Press, 2021. $25.95 These three new books from Mysterious Press and Scarlet, offer three different approaches to the thriller—a wartime […]
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BOOK REVIEW: AGATHA CHRISTIE’S GOLDEN AGE – VOLUME II: MISS MARPLE AND THE OTHER GOLDEN AGE PUZZLES
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S GOLDEN AGE, VOLUME II: MISS MARPLE AND THE OTHER GOLDEN AGE PUZZLES By John Goddard Wimbledon, UK: Stylish Eye Press, 2021. $68.99 ($18.99 paperback) A little more than two years ago, I reviewed John Goddard’s terrific book Agatha Christie’s Golden Age: An Analysis of Poirot’s Golden Age Puzzles (2018). It’s a fantastic, thoughtful […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE THREE LOCKS, BY BONNIE MACBIRD
THE THREE LOCKS By Bonnie MacBird London: Collins Crime Club, 2021. $26.99 The Three Locks is Bonnie MacBird’s fourth novel continuing the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. It’s largely successful, with some twisty mysteries and some colorful settings and clever details. As the book opens, London is suffering from a terrible heat wave, […]