The Murder of Harriet Monckton, by Elizabeth Haynes

Trigger warning for rape. Elizabeth Haynes took her inspiration for The Murder of Harriet Monckton from actual historical documents about … More

Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear

My unintentional dive into historical mysteries continues with Maisie Dobbs, the first novel in Jacqueline Winspear’s series. This series has … More

Trigger warning for references to child abuse. Sister Johanna Marie is one of the most reluctant investigators I’ve ever read … More

From the world of classic detective fiction, Sarah Gailey’s fantastic Magic for Liars is the latest in imaginative, clever mystery … More

After my not-so-good experience with Strong Poison* last week, I needed to go back to the master, to see how … More

When I saw that my library had a new Olive Belgrave mystery, I had to snap it up even though … More

I propose a new addition to the list of narrative rules, à la Chekhov’s Gun. My suggestion is that, whenever … More

After two references on a podcast that I recently discovered and love, Shedunnit, and a reading lifetime of hearing Dorothy … More

Mystery fiction is full of amateur detectives. They’re a great vehicle for cozy mysteries, or for mysteries where the police … More

We like to think of heroes as all being kind of the same, at their core. They stand up for … More