Book Reviews

What would you do if you won just over $23 million? How would you change? And what would you be willing to lose? We have all dreamed about winning the lottery and how we would […]

Book Review: Five More American Mystery Classics The American Mystery Classics series continues to republish some great crime novels of the past, featuring some of the greatest talents in the genre, including some legends who have […]

The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America (Hardcover; on-sale April 7) by David Stout, an Edgar award-winning author and veteran journalist, has received its second STARRED review. “At turns […]

Book Review: The Irregular Adventures of Sherlock Holmes!; The New Adventures of Solar Pons: Tales of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street; Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk, Tales of a Retro Future; & […]

Book and Puzzle Review: Cain’s Jawbone: A Novel Problem Cain’s Jawbone is a unique book and puzzle.  The title comes from the first recorded murder weapon.  The premise is irresistible.  A one hundred page-long novella, with all […]

Book Review: The Inspector Dover Novels DCI Wilfred Dover is lazy, unhygienic, rude, gluttonous, ill-tempered, sticky-fingered, and one of the most entertaining detectives of twentieth-century crime fiction.  His creator, Joyce Porter, wrote ten novels and several […]

Book Review: A Woman Condemned: The Tragic Case of Anna Antonio After reading the title of this book, it may seem as if this historical overview of a 1930’s crime intends to exonerate the titular defendant.  […]