Book reviews & lists for mystery readers
Like carrier pigeons with a critical mission, Willa and Woof set out to uncover the ultimate message of friendship in their search for Mimi. Willa, an 8-year-old girl, lives in a small seaside suburb of Australia. She has three friends:
When unloading a steamer’s hold, four casks fall. One damaged cask reveals a woman’s hand inside. Thus begins the complex plot of Freeman Wills Crofts’ first novel - The Cask.
The second Miss Silver mystery delivers a broad range of fascinating characters and far more action than you’d expect for a 1938 mystery containing a drab little woman with indeterminate features as the detective.
In the small town of Livingston, diamonds from a Ramessess exhibit have been stolen. But don’t worry, Eva and her clever friend Carol are on the case.
Open this book for the title, but stay for the comic dialogue. Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer begins with a policeman discovering the exceedingly wealthy and extremely unlikable Arnold Vereker in stocks on a village green.
Island Games: Mystery of the Four Quadrants by Caleb J Boyer was an enjoyable and highly entertaining read. But let me explain my ecstatic response to a simple, fantasy adventure novel written by a twelve-year-old boy.
Jonathan Fairfax is an awkward, unassuming young illustrator who manages to get himself into the most outlandish predicaments.
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