Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith It is 1965, and long-suffering Leo Demidov, a hero of the Great Patriotic War, dutiful agent of Stalin’s notorious MBG and disaffected former KGB agent, is now married and a father. He’s soon thrown into a foreign conflict and is forced to question and confront everything he ever thought he [...]
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…with these new mystery series. Little Shop of Homicide: A Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery Dev Sinclair is the happy new owner of the old-fashioned shop in her small Missouri town. But if she doesn’t focus on finding the killer of her ex’s fiance, this five-and-dime owner may find herself serving twenty-five to life. Cat’s Claw: A [...]
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The Piccadilly Plot by Susanna Gregory In Restoration London, Thomas Chaloner is summoned to London by his master, the Earl of Clarendon to investigate the theft of material from Clarendon’s embarrassingly sumptuous new house. But within hours Chaloner discovers threats of assassination, a stolen corpse, and a scheme to frame the Queen for treason. Anatomy [...]
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As the winter winds howl outside our doors, First Wednesday Book Group readers will be heating up in the desert while reading Finding Nouf, by Zoe Ferrari. This debut novel has been widely praised as a first rate literary mystery that offers a fascinating glimpse into Saudi Arabian Culture. The story centers on Nouf ash-Shrawi, a 16-year old girl [...]
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Staff mystery and thriller picks show the range of the genres–from cozy to traditional to historical and even something set in Scandinavia! The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths English archaeologist Ruth Galloway is once again called in to determine whether some old bones are really ancient or a more recent murder. Good for those of [...]
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At this time of year, as the holidays approach and the tasks pile up, you may find it difficult to squeeze in time for a novel. The solution? Short stories. Mystery lovers are especially in luck right now, with new anthologies for almost every taste. What would happen if you asked 18 writers who don’t normally [...]
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Are you one of those people who like to read books in order, but aren’t sure where to start? This is especially a problem with mysteries—there are so many being published, and so many series! One way to avoid this problem is to start with the first book when it’s first published, like the following titles. [...]
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Lost manuscripts, ancient religious secrets, secret societies, symbols and codes…Dan Brown made this kind of thriller popular with Angels and Demons and The Da Vinci Code, but other authors have kept this genre alive and added their own twists. Here are two recent titles to liven up a rainy fall day. In The Temple Mount [...]
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Usually, by the time an author gets to the seventh book of a series, much of the magic is gone. You already know the characters; you’re familiar with the author’s plotting and can frequently predict the direction the plot will take; and the language and descriptions that charmed you in the earlier books now seem [...]
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Chances are when you think of Scandinavian crime novelists, you’re actually thinking of Swedish authors: Stieg Larsson, Hemming Mankell, and Anders Roslund, among others. But recently the Danes have started getting in on the action. Jussi Adler-Olsen has been a best seller in Denmark since 1997, but he has just made it to the United [...]
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