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elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4a984550" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c1d5476" data-id="6c1d5476" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-12cbb28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="12cbb28c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">All Mystery Coverage</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-77cf79f9" data-id="77cf79f9" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4b7a54c4 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>Mystery</option> <option value="34718" data-label="Noir" data-counter-prefix="" data-counter-suffix="" >Noir</option> <option value="34056" data-label="Suspense" data-counter-prefix="" data-counter-suffix="" >Suspense</option> <option value="34171" data-label="Thriller" data-counter-prefix="" data-counter-suffix="" >Thriller</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-79ddf6b elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-1 alt-posts elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-archive-posts" data-id="79ddf6b" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"archive_custom_columns":"1","archive_custom_columns_tablet":"1","archive_custom_columns_mobile":"1","archive_custom_row_gap":{"unit":"px","size":35,"sizes":[]},"archive_custom_row_gap_tablet":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]},"archive_custom_row_gap_mobile":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]}}" data-widget_type="archive-posts.archive_custom"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="ecs-posts elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-grid elementor-posts--skin-archive_custom" data-settings="{"current_page":1,"max_num_pages":"99","load_method":"numbers_and_prev_next","widget_id":"79ddf6b","post_id":212718,"theme_id":72125,"change_url":"true","reinit_js":false}"> <article id="post-212718" class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-212718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-mar25-upload tag-motherhood-thrillers genres-mystery-suspense genres-thriller"> <div data-elementor-type="loop" data-elementor-id="201630" class="elementor elementor-201630 elementor-location-archive post-212718 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-mar25-upload tag-motherhood-thrillers genres-mystery-suspense genres-thriller" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5035f5b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5035f5b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a1b74 loop-data" data-id="31a1b74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b44b3da elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b44b3da" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Thriller</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a116bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="a116bea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Thriller</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/clever-little-thing/">Clever Little Thing</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/elyse-discher/">Elyse Discher</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4491 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="4ca4491" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=elyse-discher" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Elyse Discher</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>There are so many plot twists in Hannah Echlin’s <strong>Clever Little Thing </strong>that it’s impossible for a synopsis to truly do the story justice—this book will genuinely keep readers guessing, wondering what is a mother’s intuition and what could be perinatal psychosis.</p> <p>Charlotte knows that her 8-year-old daughter Stella isn’t like other children. Stella can’t stand certain sounds, has sensory issues with tight-fitting or scratchy clothes, and goes into an apocalyptic tantrum Charlotte calls “freak-out mode” when she’s overstimulated. But Stella is also reading vastly above her grade level, and is curious about the world in a way that makes her precocious and unique.</p> <p>But after Stella’s babysitter, Blanka, quits her job with a vague text message, things begin to change. Charlotte notices her daughter accepts change more readily and even begins to change physically, gaining weight rapidly. Alarmingly, Stella also seems to be regressing in her reading skills and her once avid curiosity is gone.</p> <p>Teachers, counselors and even Charlotte’s husband, Pete, assure her that Stella is merely changing as she grows, and that she should be happy her daughter is turning into a more typical child. Charlotte isn’t so sure: To her, Stella is an entirely different child, almost like a changeling. As Stella continues to evolve, Charlotte begins to feel like she’s the only one who can see the truth about her daughter. However, she’s also in the midst of a high-risk pregnancy, a situation that others seem to think may be the true source of her anxiety.</p> <p>The book is entirely narrated from Charlotte’s point of view, and her rising sense of panic and the “wrongness” about her daughter is acutely palpable. Still, Echlin keeps the reader removed enough that they’ll begin to wonder if the pressures of motherhood to a challenging child (Pete is a rather absent father) and a difficult pregnancy are clouding Charlotte’s judgment.</p> <p><strong>Clever Little Thing</strong> is an impressively twisty thriller, but it’s also a testament to a mother’s intuition and her love for her child exactly as she is, not as society wants her to be. Sometimes spooky, sometimes rage-inducing, <strong>Clever Little Thing</strong> concludes with a truly unexpected, impossible to predict ending.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9442a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="9442a2a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><b>Clever Little Thing</b> is an impressively twisty thriller, but it’s also a testament to a mother’s intuition and love for her child.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4942faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4942faa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/clever-little-thing/"> <span 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class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/historical-mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Historical Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-105df504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="105df504" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/best-mysteries-feb-2025/">A Victorian con artist embarks on her greatest scheme yet</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d26d0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="d26d0e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Feature by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/bruce-tierney/">Bruce Tierney</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Loose Lips</strong></h2> <p>I have sometimes thought that the most difficult thing for a writer to do well is to write a novel from the first-person perspective of a person with a different gender. A year ago, I reviewed Kemper Donovan’s <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/edith-wharton-pulitzer-prize-winning-author-and-detective/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The Busy Body</em></a>, the first in his series about an anonymous female ghostwriter, narrated from her perspective. There was not a single clue suggesting that a male had penned the novel; it was that seamless. (Thankfully, I happened to read his bio before submitting the review, saving myself the embarrassment of erroneous assumptions.) That holds true as well for the second installment in the series, <strong>Loose Lips</strong>, in which our protagonist accepts a gig as a guest lecturer on a literary cruise. It is a quintessential setup for a locked-room mystery, as there is no escape route for the guilty party, save for a lengthy North Atlantic winter’s swim back to New York City. Moreover, while the admittedly amateur investigation into the murder of author and cruise organizer Payton Garrett proceeds, more bodies will join the first in the ship’s galley freezer, adjacent to the celebrity chef’s signature lobster thermidor. The murder weapon is straight out of Agatha Christie or perhaps the board game Clue, and the tone is tongue-in-cheek a la <em>Knives Out</em>—an observation I made in my review last year, and one that still holds true this time around.  </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Dead in the Frame</strong></h2> <p>Stephen Spotswood’s noir detective series starring Lillian Pentecost and Willowjean “Will” Parker hearkens back to Rex Stout’s iconic Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin series. A cerebral crime-solver ensconced in her New York City mansion, Lillian mirrors Wolfe. Will serves as her Archie Goodwin: irreverent chronicler of the stories, perpetrator of assorted quasi-illegal deeds in furtherance of the investigations and smart-alecky nemesis of New York’s Finest. The latest, <strong>Dead in the Frame</strong>, features a second narrator for the first time in the series, which up to now was related by Will. Lillian is keeping a journal in her jail cell, where she awaits trial for the murder of longtime foe Jessup Quincannon. Meanwhile, Will madly scrambles through 1947 New York City to unravel a seemingly airtight case against her friend/employer. Rounding out the cast are an up-and-coming evangelist whose wife is perhaps more mercenary than missionary, a lethal female security consultant and a corrupt cop who dangles the key to Lillian’s exoneration, albeit at a price. Lillian’s multiple sclerosis makes her stay in prison even more difficult, and the tone of her journal is somber and introspective; Will’s voice, by comparison, is sassy and no-nonsense, although punctuated with rueful humor throughout. Without giving away anything here, the murderer is just about the last person you would expect. Well, perhaps not as far back in the queue as Lillian Pentecost, but pretty darn close.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Queen of Fives</strong></h2> <p>Alex Hay’s <strong>The Queen of Fives</strong> derives its title from an age-old, five-step primer on setting up a con, briefly summarized thusly: 1) Identify the mark; 2) Intrude on the daily life of the mark; 3) Tempt the mark with an offer too good to be true; 4) Encircle the mark with new friends and gently sever ties with old friends; 5) Cement the payoff and make the getaway. Bonus points if you can pull off the entire scam in five days, which is precisely what seductive Quinn le Blanc, the titular Queen of Fives, intends to accomplish. Her target is a midlevel royal, the Duke of Kendal. The year is 1898; the setting, Victorian-era London. The basic plan is disarmingly simple: Lure one of England’s most eligible bachelors into marriage, then abscond with the family fortune. It will be the most ambitious score Quinn has ever embarked upon. <em>If</em> she can pull it off. And that is a big if. It can be argued that desperation is never a good companion when plotting out a con, and there certainly is an element of desperation at play here. Deep in debt, Quinn really needs a big score. It’s a recipe for things going awry, at the worst times, in the worst possible manners (and manors). P.S. Of all the books this month, <strong>The Queen of Fives</strong> is the one that just screams to be adapted into a TV series, one sure to appeal to period drama fans, particularly those who might enjoy a spot of larceny with their afternoon tea.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Open Season</strong></h2> <p>Forensic psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis return for their 40th (!!!) adventure together in Jonathan Kellerman’s latest mystery, <strong>Open Season</strong>. The murder victim is a wannabe actor, funding the waiting period until her big break by serving as one of a bevy of glamorous attendees at various Tinseltown events. Her suspected killer is also a wannabe actor and occasional stuntman. But by the time suspicion falls on him, he has become a murder victim himself. They will not be the last victims, and as it will turn out, they are not the first either: Bullets from the rifle used to kill the stuntman match an earlier killing halfway across the country. What started out as a comparatively routine homicide investigation may be turning into a search for a serial killer, one who has stayed under the radar for years and who shows no signs of stopping any time soon. And then, as has happened often in the past, Dr. Delaware displays his gift for discerning patterns that nobody else has identified yet. <strong>Open Season </strong>is fast-paced, suspense-laden and boasts a true surprise ending, even for those who thought they had it figured out sooner. Like me.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Plus, the latest cases of crime-solving duos Parker & Pentecost and Delaware & Sturgis in this month’s whodunit column.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/best-mysteries-feb-2025/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="arrow_long" data-name="arrow long" width="38.92" 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class="elementor-widget-container article-book-star"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-75ab309 elementor-view-stacked starred-rev-icon-loop-211981 star-of-article elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-id="75ab309" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_position":"absolute"}" data-widget_type="icon.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class="elementor-icon-wrapper"><div class="elementor-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-star"></i></div></div></div></div> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/best-mysteries-feb-2025/ "><img loading="lazy" width="302" height="460" src="https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/18142954/looselips.jpg" class=" book_loop_thumb-img attachment-large size-large book-cover-border" alt="" loading="lazy"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-211871" class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-211871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-feb25-upload genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense"> <div data-elementor-type="loop" data-elementor-id="201630" class="elementor elementor-201630 elementor-location-archive post-211871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-feb25-upload genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5035f5b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5035f5b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a1b74 loop-data" data-id="31a1b74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b44b3da elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b44b3da" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a116bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="a116bea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-really-dead-wives-of-new-jersey-astrid-dahl-book-review/">The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/lauren-emily-whalen/">Lauren Emily Whalen</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4491 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="4ca4491" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=lauren-emily-whalen" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Lauren Emily Whalen</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Everyone loves a housewife; housewife here meaning not the barefoot and pregnant archetype, but a girlboss with hair extensions, implants and a whole lot of attitude who’s always willing to tussle with her “friends” for an audience of millions. But what happens when a reluctant housewife ends up dead—and she’s only the <em>first </em>casualty of the new season? Astrid Dahl’s <strong>The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey </strong>effectively straddles the line between dark humor and suspense, following multiple characters in front of and behind the camera as they reckon with a murderer in their spray-tanned, Botoxed midst.</p> <p><em>Garden State Goddesses </em>is Huzzah Network’s third most popular reality show, but, as always, the real drama is behind the scenes. Showrunner Eden has her sights on greener pastures so she can finally move out of Hoboken, New Jersey: It only takes a little finagling to bring her naive cousin Hope out of a fundamentalist California commune and into the on-camera fold to boost ratings. Meanwhile, newlywed (and newly wealthy) Hope is a fish out of water among her over-the-top costars: bisexual single mom Renee, nail salon maven and self-proclaimed “Italian supremacist” Carmela, and Carmela’s bonehead of a best friend Valerie, who’s also Hope’s sister-in-law. But when a lethal cocktail leaves one of the housewives dead—and the bodies keep dropping—Eden and the <em>Goddesses </em>cast and crew must crack the case, or risk cancellation of the show . . . and their lives.</p> <p>Astrid Dahl is the creation of author Anna Dorn: According to Dahl’s cheeky bio, she’s the “star” of Dorn’s <em>Perfume and Pain</em>, a novel that’s also dark, hilarious and campy. Dahl/Dorn has crafted an exceedingly colorful cast of characters, especially <em>Goddesses </em>regular Birdie, a dowager of indeterminate age and bottomless wealth who just can’t seem to stay sober (much to viewers’ delight), and Birdie’s adult son and assistant, Pierre, who loves horses as much as he loathes housewives. <strong>The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey</strong> shines bright in its love for soap opera-style reality TV, where manicured nails are sharp and verbal barbs over Prosecco-fueled lunch dates even sharper. Pour a healthy glass of white wine—who cares if it’s only 2 p.m.?—don your finest faux fur and get ready for a bumpy but fabulous ride through New Jersey’s toniest, deadliest suburb.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9442a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="9442a2a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Astrid Dahl’s <b>The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey</b>, a murder mystery set on a Housewives-style reality show, effectively straddles the line between dark humor and genuine suspense.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4942faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4942faa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-really-dead-wives-of-new-jersey-astrid-dahl-book-review/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="arrow_long" data-name="arrow long" width="38.92" height="14" viewBox="0 0 38.92 14"><path id="Path" d="M-38.231,6.273H-2.367l-5.1-5.1a.689.689,0,0,1,0-.974A.689.689,0,0,1-6.49.2l6.2,6.2A.687.687,0,0,1,0,6.962s0,.007,0,.01,0,.015,0,.022a.684.684,0,0,1-.037.193.666.666,0,0,1-.05.11.691.691,0,0,1-.058.088.646.646,0,0,1-.053.08L-6.536,13.8a.687.687,0,0,1-.487.2.687.687,0,0,1-.487-.2.689.689,0,0,1,0-.974L-2.336,7.65H-38.231a.689.689,0,0,1-.689-.689A.689.689,0,0,1-38.231,6.273Z" transform="translate(38.92 0)"></path></svg> </span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eab1106 loop-img" data-id="eab1106" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5a2e23f elementor-view-stacked starred-rev-icon-loop-211871 star-of-article elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-id="5a2e23f" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_position":"absolute"}" data-widget_type="icon.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-icon-wrapper"> <div class="elementor-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-star"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-51e7e28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="51e7e28" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3a902e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image" data-id="3a902e3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-featured-image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container article-book-star"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-75ab309 elementor-view-stacked starred-rev-icon-loop-211871 star-of-article elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-id="75ab309" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_position":"absolute"}" data-widget_type="icon.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class="elementor-icon-wrapper"><div class="elementor-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-star"></i></div></div></div></div> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-really-dead-wives-of-new-jersey-astrid-dahl-book-review/ "><img loading="lazy" width="302" height="460" src="https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/18142530/reallydeadwivesofnewjersey.jpg" class=" book_loop_thumb-img attachment-large size-large book-cover-border" alt="" loading="lazy"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-211873" class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-211873 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-feb25-upload genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense"> <div data-elementor-type="loop-item" data-elementor-id="182" class="elementor elementor-182 e-loop-item e-loop-item-211873 post-211873 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-feb25-upload genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library" data-custom-edit-handle="1"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46b0932 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="46b0932" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75ad20fa loop-data" data-id="75ad20fa" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7e816cd elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="7e816cd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f673bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="f673bfe" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-105df504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="105df504" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/wolf-tree-laura-mccluskey-book-review/">The Wolf Tree</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d26d0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="d26d0e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/linda-m-castellitto/">Linda M. Castellitto</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-43fdb172 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="43fdb172" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=linda-m-castellitto" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Linda M. Castellitto</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Detective Inspector Georgina “George” Lennox is still on the mend eight months after nearly dying in an on-the-job accident in Glasgow, Scotland. And as Laura McCluskey’s eerie, gothic-tinged debut mystery, <strong>The Wolf Tree</strong>, opens, the impetuous, recently promoted 28-year-old is eager to ditch desk duty and get back out in the field with her partner, veteran DI Richie Stewart.</p> <p>Their superintendent is open to the idea, but wants George to start with an open-and-shut case: Confirm the manner of death for 18-year-old Alan Ferguson, presumed to have died by suicide on Eilean Eadar, a remote island in the North Atlantic Ocean. “[N]othing happens out there,” the superintendent says. “Those islands are medieval time capsules with a population of relics.”</p> <p>Postmistress Kathy McKinnon effusively welcomes the detectives to Eilean Eadar for their five-day stay, but the other 206 residents aren’t so friendly. Hostile stares and whispers abound, as do evasive answers to straightforward questions, which sets George’s instincts pinging. If everyone’s as close-knit as they claim, united by enduring the challenges of life on a barren island forgotten by the mainland, why not help the DIs put Alan to rest?</p> <p>George is also intrigued by the island’s dark history: In 1919, three lighthouse keepers went missing and the case was never resolved—a state of affairs about which the islanders seem strangely sanguine. And while a few locals eventually soften toward the detectives, George’s unease remains, exacerbated by the darkness that blankets the island every afternoon, making excursions creepy and treacherous. Her persistent insomnia and migraines aren’t helping either, especially since it’s getting harder to hide them (and the pills she’s taking) from a concerned Richie. </p> <p>And then there are the howling sounds she hears at night, her growing conviction there’s much more to Alan’s sad story and a massive approaching storm that boosts <strong>The Wolf Tree</strong>’s escalating tension to even greater heights. Thanks to McCluskey’s expert melding of modern crime procedural and ancient folklore, suspenseful slow burns and intense high-stakes action, fans of stories set in closed communities with something to hide will revel in this assured and absorbing debut.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Laura McCluskey expertly melds modern crime procedural and ancient folklore in her eerie debut mystery, <b>The Wolf Tree</b>.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link 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elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5035f5b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a1b74 loop-data" data-id="31a1b74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b44b3da elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b44b3da" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/cozy-mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Cozy Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a116bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="a116bea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/cozy-mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Cozy Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/haunting-and-homicide-ava-burke-book-review/">Haunting and Homicide</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/jamie-orsini/">Jamie Orsini</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4491 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="4ca4491" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=jamie-orsini" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Jamie Orsini</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p><strong>Haunting and Homicide</strong>, Ava Burke’s new cozy mystery, introduces a tour guide who sees ghosts—and helps one solve his own murder.</p> <p>Tallulah “Lou” Thatcher runs a ghost tour company in New Orleans. Though she just started, her tours are gaining in popularity thanks to her knack for finding paranormal activity on late-night strolls through the Big Easy. Lou’s had the ability to see and speak to ghosts her whole life, but rival tour guide Adam Brandt is convinced that she’s faking her supernatural encounters and launches a campaign to shut down her tours for good. But when Lou stumbles upon Adam’s lifeless body, she promises his confused and angry ghost that she’ll help solve his murder. She needs to act quickly: Their feud was well known, and the murder weapon may have come from her shop, so the police zero in on Lou as a suspect. Can she work with Adam and the other neighborhood ghosts to solve his murder before she’s arrested? Or worse, targeted by his killer?</p> <p><strong>Haunting and Homicide</strong> takes readers on a delightful and atmospheric tour of New Orleans. Lou’s ghostly friends are unique and very funny, while her tours incorporate actual local history. The real-life details and paranormal elements combined make for a memorable and exciting premise for a cozy mystery series.</p> <p>Lou herself is a high point of the novel: She’s smart, hardworking, loyal and extremely well-adjusted to her supernatural reality. Her relationships with the secondary characters really make the story come to life—expect heartfelt scenes with her grandmother and her younger half-brother, Bryce. And Lou has chemistry with two potential suitors, one of whom happens to be her childhood crush and best friend’s brother.</p> <p><strong>Haunting and Homicide</strong> is an entertaining introduction to Lou’s complicated and enjoyably spooky life as a sleuth in New Orleans.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9442a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="9442a2a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><b>Haunting and Homicide</b> is an entertaining start to a cozy mystery series set in New Orleans starring a ghost tour guide—who can actually see and speak to spirits.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4942faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4942faa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> 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</div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-43fdb172 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="43fdb172" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=alice-cary" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Alice Cary</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>“This isn’t a buddy cop movie,” FBI agent Jameson Danner tells corporate fixer Mackenzie Clyde, who’s been called in to help investigate the murder of Trevor Canon, the CEO of a Silicon Valley tech startup called Journy—“the biggest, buzziest startup on the planet.” “We don’t partner with amateurs,” Danner adds. “Especially not a [venture capital] lawyer with zero criminal training.” </p> <p>That’s the initial standoff—the first of many—in Jakob Kerr’s fast-paced debut mystery, <strong>Dead Money</strong>. Kerr’s background as a lawyer and communications exec (he was one of the first Airbnb employees) lends a glamorous, galling and sometimes humorous authenticity to <strong>Dead Money</strong>’s exploration of high-stakes finance. At a Warriors basketball game, for instance, Mackenzie observes “rich white people of every size and shape . . . a parade of expensive labels and exposed ankles. Outside of Danner and the players on the court, Mackenzie couldn’t find a single man who appeared to be wearing socks.” </p> <p>Mackenzie works for Roger Hammersmith, Journy’s biggest investor, who could lose every cent he poured into the startup now that Canon’s been shot between the eyes in his private office. To make matters even more uncertain, Canon changed his will shortly before his death, inserting a “dead money” provision that freezes his company’s assets until someone is tried for his murder. </p> <p>Only the company’s board of directors, it seems, had access to Canon’s sanctum. As Mackenzie and Danner examine their potential motives and alibis, the pair’s divergent upbringings emerge. Danner is the son of the Senate minority leader, while Mackenzie was raised by a single mom. At 6-feet-2-inches, she towers over many of her peers both in height and intelligence. She has blazed a bold path for herself, and she’s not done yet. Kerr skillfully increases readers’ knowledge of Mackenzie’s past by interspersing chapters that not only reveal her background, but shed tantalizing light on her ultimate goals. </p> <p>As the danger and tensions rise, <strong>Dead Money</strong> is full of creative and timely surprises—along with numerous plot twists—leading up to a helluva concluding action scene that plays out in a memorably dramatic setting.</p> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Author Jakob Kerr’s Silicon Valley background lends a glamorous, galling and sometimes humorous authenticity to his debut mystery, <b>Dead Money</b>.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" 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class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Thriller</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-105df504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="105df504" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/our-mystery-columnist-has-a-new-favorite-nordic-noir-and-its-written-by-an-american/">Our mystery columnist has a new favorite Nordic noir—and it’s written by an American</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d26d0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="d26d0e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Feature by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/bruce-tierney/">Bruce Tierney</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Big Empty</strong></h2> <p>Classic detective novels don’t need to be set in Los Angeles. The protagonist does not have to drive a vintage Corvette convertible, and they don’t necessarily require a loyal and lethal sidekick. It is not imperative that the narrative be spun in the first person. That said, it is a formula that has worked for the better part of 40 years for author Robert Crais, demonstrated ably in his latest installment in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series, <strong>The Big Empty</strong>. When the antique Mickey Mouse phone rings on the desk of private investigator Elvis (self-described as “the world’s greatest detective”), he picks up and finds himself in a conversation with the somewhat harried assistant of Traci Beller, a hugely popular social media influencer. Traci is too busy to meet Cole at his office, but if he comes to her, she will give him $1,000 whether he accepts the case or not. It turns out that she wants to hire him to find out what happened to her father, who disappeared 10 years ago: “He called my mom after lunch, told her he was running late, and we never heard from him again. So it was like, poof, he vanished.” Cases don’t get much colder, but Cole agrees to look into it, cautioning Traci not to expect miracles. But before long, Cole can use a miracle or two of his own, as he is savagely beaten by a gang of criminals intent on derailing his investigation at any cost. Oh, and the big finish? It was such a shock and surprise that I went back and read it again.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Note</strong></h2> <p>Alafair Burke’s latest, <strong>The Note</strong>, follows three women: May, Lauren and Kelsey, who have been lifelong friends since attending the same summer camp ages ago. They decide to do a girls trip together, a few relaxing days in an Airbnb in the Hamptons. They need it—they have been embroiled in three separate and very public scandals, and they think a seaside vacation will be both fun and cathartic. They are so wrong. As they arrive at a local lunch spot, they discover that parking is at a premium. They patiently await a person exiting a space, only to have it snagged by a driver coming from the other direction. They are annoyed to the point where one of them leaves a note on the car’s windshield that says, “He’s cheating. He always does.” It certainly seems as if it might sow a bit of disharmony between the male driver and his attractive female passenger, some minor naughty payback for the stolen parking spot. It is all fun and games, as they say, until someone turns up dead: in this case, the driver. When the police discover the existence of the note, bit by bit the investigation leads them toward the three women. As their mutual trust begins to break down, alliances shift and reshift. One character is a murderer. Good luck figuring out which one.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Invisible Helix</strong></h2> <p>Keigo Higashino’s beloved character Professor Galileo (aka Manabu Yukawa) returns in <strong>Invisible Helix</strong>, the latest from Japan’s preeminent suspense author. This book relies less on Yukawa’s detecting skills than some of the previous installments in the series, but is nonetheless a compelling read loaded with Japanese scenery and culture, with a storyline chock-full of secrets past and present. It starts with a baby being left on the doorstep of an orphanage by a young mother devoid of options. By means of a very twisty path, it winds forward two generations to the present, in which people are still shaped by, and acting on, events that happened in their parents’ and grandparents’ day. Professor Galileo gets involved after a murder takes place—no surprise there—and his longtime friend Chief Inspector Kusanagi summons him to assist. <strong>Invisible Helix </strong>is a very different book than I expected given its predecessors in the series, but I quite liked it all the same. (A brief aside: I lived in Tokyo when the first Professor Galileo book, <em>The Devotion of Suspect X</em>, was released in English. Oddly, as I was reading, I found myself predicting what would happen next at every turn. Some time later, I realized that I had actually seen the Japanese movie based on the book, well before the book’s translation into English.)</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">★<strong> The Lost House</strong></h2> <p>It’s no secret among BookPage mystery and suspense readers that I am a devotee of Nordic noir, as I often wax poetic about the subgenre. But who would have thought that a superb Nordic noir novel would emanate from the pen (or more likely, keyboard) of an American writer? Melissa Larsen’s <strong>The Lost House </strong>is that book. On the 40th anniversary of a double murder that rocked Iceland, Agnes, the American granddaughter of the presumed—but not convicted—killer, goes to the small town of Bifröst to participate in a podcast about the homicide. She has always believed her grandfather to be innocent, but she is in the distinct minority. Now, after her grandfather’s slow decline and death, Agnes has decided to visit her ancestral homeland for the first time in an attempt to get some closure. Then, as if in response to the grim anniversary, a local girl goes missing in the harsh Icelandic wilderness. Suspicions of foul play abound, and the buzz around the town is that it is at least peripherally connected to the 40-year-old cold case. The characters are all conflicted and vividly drawn, the milieu is pitch-perfect and the resolution is by turns heartbreaking and strangely uplifting. <strong>The Lost House</strong> is the first must-read thriller of 2025.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Melissa Larsen’s debut thriller is a chilly masterpiece, plus new cases for Elvis Cole and Professor Galileo in this month’s Whodunit.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" 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href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Thriller</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/vantage-point-sara-sligar-book-review/">Vantage Point</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/lauren-emily-whalen/">Lauren Emily Whalen</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4491 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="4ca4491" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=lauren-emily-whalen" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Lauren Emily Whalen</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>To be a member of one of the country’s wealthiest, most prestigious families means, well, wealth and prestige. But what if your family’s cursed <em>and </em>you’re a woman on the internet—are you ever truly safe? Sara Sligar’s <strong>Vantage Point </strong>blends family drama, generational trauma and the destructive forces of cutting-edge technology in a disturbing suspense story told from two compelling female perspectives.</p> <p>For the Wieland family, April is a historically tragic month: 14 Aprils ago, a teenage Clara Wieland witnessed both her parents’ brutal demise. A whirlwind of chaotic world travel, heavy substance use and eating disorder clinic stays later, Clara returns to Vantage Point, the family estate on a remote Maine island. Also living at Vantage Point are Clara’s brother, Teddy, now running for the U.S. Senate, and Clara’s childhood best friend, Jess, now married to Teddy. At the beginning of April, an intimate, graphic video of Clara surfaces online and immediately goes viral, but Clara has no memory of the video’s events. Is it real, or an extremely advanced deepfake? As Teddy’s political campaign is threatened and Jess struggles to hold the family together, Clara experiences disturbing hallucinations she insists are <em>also </em>engineered. Has Clara descended into madness, or are the three surviving Wielands in serious danger?</p> <p>Author and academic Sligar expertly crafts the history of her fictional dynasty through fictional Wikipedia entries describing the tragic outcomes of the Wieland curse, from wine cellar explosions to rogue horse tramplings. Jess grew up impoverished and became enmeshed with the Wielands at an early age, and Clara is still grappling with the tremendous loss in her adolescence. Close confidantes and now in-laws, they each provide a unique perspective on the family’s collective trauma, and they share common ground as women vulnerable to a society intent on ruining them. The “future” of believable deepfakes is already here, and Sligar’s novel serves as an entertaining literary companion to shows like <em>Succession</em>, but also a warning to women everywhere: Your moment of deepfake reckoning may be just around the corner.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9442a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="9442a2a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Sara Sligar’s <b>Vantage Point</b> is an entertaining literary companion to shows like <em>Succession</em>, but also a chilling warning about the rise of deepfake technology.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4942faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4942faa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a 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<div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3a902e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image" data-id="3a902e3" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-featured-image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container article-book-star"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-75ab309 elementor-view-stacked starred-rev-icon-loop-210821 star-of-article elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-id="75ab309" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_position":"absolute"}" data-widget_type="icon.default"><div class="elementor-widget-container"><div class="elementor-icon-wrapper"><div class="elementor-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-star"></i></div></div></div></div> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/vantage-point-sara-sligar-book-review/ "><img loading="lazy" width="302" height="460" 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elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="46b0932" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75ad20fa loop-data" data-id="75ad20fa" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-7e816cd elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="7e816cd" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Suspense</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-f673bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="f673bfe" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Suspense</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-105df504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="105df504" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-resurrectionist-a-rae-dunlap-book-review/">The Resurrectionist</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d26d0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="d26d0e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/elyse-discher/">Elyse Discher</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-43fdb172 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="43fdb172" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=elyse-discher" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Elyse Discher</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>The most engaging aspect of <strong>The Resurrectionist </strong>isn’t its gaslamp adventure or macabre thrills. It’s the poignant queer love story at the center of the book—which is surprising, because the plot revolves around the theft of cadavers. Those two elements should feel at the very least incongruent, but in author A. Rae Dunlap’s hands, they gel to create a heartfelt yet gruesome work of historical fiction.</p> <p><strong>The Resurrectionist</strong> is a difficult book to categorize; it is equal parts thriller, historical fiction, gothic romance and madcap adventure. While it might be a challenge to shelve, it’s eminently readable, in no small part due to the narrator’s captivating tale. The third son of a landed aristocrat, James Willoughby was destined for either the church or the military, but he found that his passion was science. Despite his family’s protestations, he enrolls in medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland, but quickly learns that the real education is occurring in private surgical schools where students learn by dissecting cadavers. James is a natural surgeon, but a dire change in his family fortune means he’s suddenly unable to pay his tuition.</p> <p>Aneurin “Nye” MacKinnon, the assistant of one of James’ instructors, offers a solution. The only cadavers legally available for dissection are those of people executed for murder—and there are simply not enough murders to satisfy the growing number of medical students in Edinburgh. James initially serves only as a lookout for Nye’s body snatching crew, but he finds himself drawn further into the gang and their schemes. Body snatching is at first only a means to an end, but he begins to enjoy the mad scramble of adventures the crew experiences every night—and he grows closer to Nye, although James cannot quite articulate the feelings he knows society forbids.</p> <p>When the infamous real-life body snatchers Burke and Hare make their appearance, it’s obvious to James and Nye that they aren’t stealing cadavers from graves, but rather murdering the corpses they provide to the medical schools. Burke and Hare threaten first to drive James and Nye out of business, and then to drive them into early graves themselves, leading the pair to undertake a nail-biting quest to see justice done.</p> <p>While the subject matter of <strong>The Resurrectionist</strong> is certainly macabre (and Dunlap doesn’t skimp on the gory details), the novel remains upbeat and fun, never sinking into a dour gothic spirit. Even if they find their work distasteful, readers will come to love James and Nye’s irreverent crew of miscreants.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">A. Rae Dunlap’s <b>The Resurrectionist</b> is a heartfelt yet gruesome historical thriller following two body snatchers as they fall in love and evade Burke and Hare.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/the-resurrectionist-a-rae-dunlap-book-review/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-icon"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="arrow_long" data-name="arrow long" width="38.92" height="14" viewBox="0 0 38.92 14"><path id="Path" 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type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-jan25-upload genres-historical-mystery genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense"> <div data-elementor-type="loop" data-elementor-id="201630" class="elementor elementor-201630 elementor-location-archive post-210803 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-jan25-upload genres-historical-mystery genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5035f5b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5035f5b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a1b74 loop-data" data-id="31a1b74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b44b3da elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b44b3da" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/historical-mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Historical Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a116bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="a116bea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/historical-mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Historical Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/naming-of-the-birds-paraic-odonnell-book-review/">The Naming of the Birds</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/alice-cary/">Alice Cary</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4491 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="4ca4491" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=alice-cary" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Alice Cary</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Pour a warm beverage and settle in with Paraic O’Donnell’s exceptional third novel, <strong>The Naming of the Birds</strong>, a thrilling gothic mystery set in Victorian London. The opening section takes readers to a dreary scene in 1872 that reads like a particularly Grimm fairy tale: A group of orphans survives a horrific fire at a place known as the Asylum, only to be secretly carted away to another horrifying institution, where they are given new names, called after birds. One of the children, a girl now called Nightingale, carries secrets from that fire, which “taught her things about the world’s secret nature and her own.” Nightingale has one friend there, a boy now called Finch, who tells her, “I talk to you because you’re the only one who might be able to make sense of it all.” </p> <p>After that chilling introduction, the action fast-forwards 22 years to 1894, where Scotland Yard Inspector Henry Cutter and his young partner, Sergeant Gideon Bliss, find themselves pursuing a skilled serial killer who seems to be targeting aging civil servants, some of them of high rank. Their murders have been achieved with assassin-esque meticulousness, and the victims are left in haunting, precisely arranged scenes that include the bones of children. </p> <p>Fans of O’Donnell’s previous book, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/25881-paraic-odonnell-house-vesper-sands-mystery-suspense/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>The House on Vesper Sands</em></a>, will welcome the return of Cutter and Bliss, along with their sidekick, Octavia Hillington, a vibrant, fearless and piercing journalist who helps them track down the killer. They form a particularly dynamic trio: Cutter is a crusty, grumpy, but determined detective; Bliss is sensitive and fearful, but equally dogged; Hillington is an undaunted Victorian change-maker. </p> <p>O’Donnell writes and plots with admirable precision, leading readers down a series of intriguing labyrinths to discover what exactly happened to those children back in 1872, and how that incident may be connected to these present-day murders. He is a master of big strokes and small, inserting touches of humor and insight without lessening the tension. He uses the bird theme judiciously throughout: They appear from time to time like eerie witnesses to the unfolding action. And there is a lot of big, glorious action as Cutter, Bliss and Hillington risk their lives to uncover these frightful truths. As Cutter tells his sidekicks, “We are going to see more than mere trickery. We are going to see the performance of a lifetime.” In the end, readers are left with all that and more, including weighty questions to ponder about the nature of justice and revenge.</p> <p><strong>The Naming of the Birds</strong> is a delicious, breathtaking romp that will have readers looking over their shoulders as they quickly turn its pages.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9442a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="9442a2a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Paraic O’Donnell inserts touches of humor and insight without lessening the tension in his breathtaking gothic historical mystery, <b>The Naming of the Birds</b>.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4942faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4942faa" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div 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href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/naming-of-the-birds-paraic-odonnell-book-review/ "><img loading="lazy" width="302" height="460" src="https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/22114935/namingofthebirds.jpg" class=" book_loop_thumb-img attachment-large size-large book-cover-border" alt="" loading="lazy"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-210783" class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-210783 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-jan25-upload genres-cozy-mystery genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense"> <div data-elementor-type="loop-item" data-elementor-id="182" class="elementor elementor-182 e-loop-item e-loop-item-210783 post-210783 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews tag-jan25-upload genres-cozy-mystery genres-mystery genres-mystery-suspense" 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data-id="d26d0e4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Review by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/jamie-orsini/">Jamie Orsini</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-43fdb172 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="43fdb172" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-7e1b6ce elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__item-prefix">by </span> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/?taxonomy=contributor&term=jamie-orsini" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Jamie Orsini</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9937e68 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="9937e68" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Drag queens take center stage in Holly Stars’ <strong>Murder in the Dressing Room</strong>, a fun and fierce cozy mystery.</p> <p>Joe is a hotel accountant who dreams of something bigger—and they find it as Misty Divine, an up-and-comer in the London drag scene. Misty’s a regular performer at Lady’s Bar, a drag haven owned and operated by the legendary Lady Lady. But when Misty discovers Lady Lady’s lifeless body in her dressing room, she and the other drag queens and kings who perform at the venue become suspects in the murder. To clear her name and find justice for Lady Lady, Misty decides to investigate the crime. She uncovers shocking secrets about Lady Lady, her bar and her fellow drag performers—and someone is willing to kill again to stop Misty from getting to the truth.</p> <p>Stars’ humor shines in <strong>Murder in the Dressing Room</strong>, a funny, engaging mystery that makes full use of the dramatic world of drag. A drag queen herself, Stars does an exceptional job of showcasing the highs and lows experienced by members of the community: Joe is empowered by their drag persona and has found a strong support system and devoted boyfriend, but they also experience misgendering and discrimination by strangers and local law enforcement. Throughout the novel, Joe transforms into Misty and de-drags several times. Some situations, like those with their employer, call for Joe to respond; others require Misty’s brashness and wardrobe. Stars does a wonderful job showing how a drag performer can live their most authentic life by embracing all aspects of their identity.</p> <p>The central mystery is more than it seems, involving a cat burglary, bribery, intimidation and a stolen dress once worn by Judy Garland. Fans of fierce looks and found family will devour this book.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-001fe5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="001fe5f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode">Fans of fierce looks and found family will devour <b>Murder in the Dressing Room</b>, a funny and engaging cozy mystery set in the world of drag.</div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4c6ac7a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4c6ac7a0" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/reviews/murder-in-the-dressing-room-holly-stars-book-review/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span 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elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="5035f5b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31a1b74 loop-data" data-id="31a1b74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-b44b3da elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info" data-id="b44b3da" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="post-info.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <ul class="elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info"> <li class="elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-3552549 elementor-inline-item" itemprop="about"> <span class="elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms"> <span class="elementor-post-info__terms-list"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Mystery & Suspense</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/suspense/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Suspense</a>, <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" class="elementor-post-info__terms-list-item">Thriller</a> </span> </span> </li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a116bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="a116bea" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Thriller</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-c4d68c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="c4d68c4" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/features/an-81-year-old-woman-versus-a-little-boy-wait-till-the-bodies-start-to-pile-up/">An 81-year-old woman versus a little boy: It sounds wholesome, but just wait till the bodies start to pile up</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-065526c elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="065526c" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"><span class="coauthor-descriptor">Feature by </span> <span class="coauthor-byline"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/contributor/bruce-tierney/">Bruce Tierney</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8815cb8 trim-txt elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content" data-id="8815cb8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-content.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">You Better Watch Out</h2> <p>In the checkout line of an upstate New York convenience store, opportunistic small-time thief Eddie Parker spots a purse overflowing with cash. As the elderly owner finishes her transaction, Eddie maneuvers himself into position to relieve her of her stash. It does not go according to plan; within arm’s reach of his prize, Eddie feels a sharp scratch on his neck and, moments later, his world goes black. He wakes up in a small deserted town that looks like a movie set: buildings with false fronts, shops filled with empty containers, no food or water in sight and Christmastime temperatures dropping below freezing. The title of this thriller by James S. Murray and Darren Wearmouth is almost prophetic: <strong>You Better Watch Out</strong>. Eddie soon discovers that a handful of other folks have met a similar fate. And although they don’t entirely trust one another, they know that their lives depend on getting out of this place, and the best means to that end is teamwork. But, in true Agatha Christie fashion, one by one they meet their untimely demise, and most graphically. Here is the funny part, though (to me, at least): Fairly early in the book, I thought I had figured out who the villain was. Turns out, I was right—but I had no inkling whatsoever of the diabolical twist that would reveal itself in the final pages. </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Havoc</h2> <p>In Christopher Bollen’s <strong>Havoc</strong>, octogenarian and self-confessed do-gooder Maggie Burkhardt narrates a tale of obsession, deceit and worse at a riverside hotel in Luxor, Egypt, during the height of COVID-19 restrictions. Following the death of her husband, Maggie is far afield from her Wisconsin homeland. Egypt was not her first choice for her retirement, but it is one of the few places welcoming tourists, and she has grown acclimated to the heat and the easy pace of life in the Royal Karnak, a hotel that exemplifies the term “faded glory.” Over time, she has become something of a fixture there, reveling in her role as “doyenne of all she surveys.” And then Otto shows up with his mother, and quickly establishes himself as Chief Nemesis to Maggie and all she holds dear. His childish pranks escalate to blackmail after he surprises Maggie doing something she clearly should not have been doing, and his demands seem to have no end in sight. That said, Maggie is rather duplicitous herself, both in her interactions with other characters and with the reader, as she tries to play the virtuous victim. The narrative is by turns creepy, snarky, humorous and every bit as atmospheric as you would expect from a story set somewhere like the Valley of the Kings. Oh, and there are a couple of murders: nothing too graphic, but quite definitely an affectionate nod to the sweeping, international mysteries of the 1940s.  </p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property</h2> <p>After a popular series writer passes away, they often leave legions of fans clamoring for more adventures of their fictional heroes. Ian Fleming’s James Bond and Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander jump to mind. Other writers often take up the challenge, albeit with decidedly mixed results. But when Mike Lupica took over Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series, it was a seamless transition. It’s as if he channels Parker from beyond the grave: setting, prose, dialogue—the works. In the latest installment, <strong>Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property</strong>, an attempted murder hits close to home. Ace criminal defense attorney Rita Fiore has been shot and is clinging to life but tenuously. She had been romantically involved with a young up-and-coming politician until his recent accidental (?) death, and now it appears that he may have been involved in some property shenanigans with mob overtones. For Spenser, Rita Fiore is family, as surely as if they had been related by blood, and he will leave no stone unturned in bringing her assailant to justice. Speaking of stones, another Parker protagonist, Police Chief Jesse Stone, makes a cameo appearance, and the two play off each other exceptionally well. <strong>Hot Property </strong>is a must for longtime Spenser fans and a terrific entry point for newcomers as well.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Collaborators</h2> <p>If you are in the mood for a high-stakes global espionage novel, with secret agents jet-setting all over the world, you have come to the right place. Michael Idov’s <strong>The Collaborators </strong>doesn’t waste any time setting up locations or easing into the narrative. In the first sentence, a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet pulls up alongside an Antalya Airlines commercial flight from Istanbul to Riga, Latvia. They are in Belarusian airspace, and the MiG pilot clearly plans to force the Antalya 737 down or shoot it down. On board are a dissident blogger, a pair of fugitives in disguise and heaven only knows what other manner of dodgy characters. Meanwhile, in Riga, CIA agent Aria Falk waits anxiously for the blogger, initially unaware of the flight’s unplanned stop in Minsk. In other news, a financier who has been laundering Russian money for years has apparently killed himself by leaping off a yacht in the open sea, and the multibillion dollar fund he managed seems to have vanished along with him. The connection point for all these disparate events is Falk. Soon enough, he will become involved with Maya Chou, the daughter of the missing (and presumed dead) financier, and things will get very convoluted indeed. <strong>The Collaborators</strong> devotes little space to pyrotechnics, chase scenes and the like, but cleverness and subterfuge abound, followed by a believable, real-world sort of denouement. 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data-id="465df860" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"custom_columns":"1","custom_row_gap":{"unit":"px","size":20,"sizes":[]},"custom_columns_tablet":"1","custom_columns_mobile":"1","custom_row_gap_tablet":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]},"custom_row_gap_mobile":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]}}" data-widget_type="posts.custom"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="ecs-posts elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-grid elementor-posts--skin-custom" data-settings="{"current_page":1,"max_num_pages":"5","load_method":"","widget_id":"465df860","post_id":212718,"theme_id":72125,"change_url":false,"reinit_js":false}"> <article id="post-209060" class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item ecs-post-loop post-209060 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-interviews genres-mystery-suspense genres-thriller"> <div data-elementor-type="loop" data-elementor-id="148" class="elementor elementor-148 elementor-location-archive post-209060 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-interviews genres-mystery-suspense genres-thriller" data-elementor-post-type="elementor_library"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4251b408 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="4251b408" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b202819" data-id="4b202819" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-77982753 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="77982753" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8c559b" data-id="a8c559b" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-10b528ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image" data-id="10b528ab" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-featured-image.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <a href="https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/lee-and-andrew-childs-approach-to-bookstores-would-do-jack-reacher-proud/"> <img loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full wp-image-208643" alt="Lee and Andrew Child author photo" srcset="https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander.jpg 1000w, https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander-250x250.jpg 250w, https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander-750x750.jpg 750w, https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander-125x125.jpg 125w, https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander-768x768.jpg 768w, https://t1.bookpage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/26155045/MUG-Lee-Andrew-Child_credit-Tasha-Alexander-60x60.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2802a92c" data-id="2802a92c" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3d6fd144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading" data-id="3d6fd144" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="theme-post-title.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <h4 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default"><a href="https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/lee-and-andrew-childs-approach-to-bookstores-would-do-jack-reacher-proud/">Lee and Andrew Child’s approach to bookstores would do Jack Reacher proud</a></h4> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2cbb8af elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode" data-id="2cbb8af" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="shortcode.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-shortcode"> <div class="genres-tax"><a class="taxo-genres-link isParent" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/mystery-suspense/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Mystery & Suspense</a><a class="taxo-genres-link null" href="https://www.bookpage.com/genres/thriller/" style="color: #5f7fe2">Thriller</a></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3c1e2995 more-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="3c1e2995" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="#"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-caret-down"></i> </span> <span class="elementor-button-text">more info</span> </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div data-dce-background-color="#FAFAFA" class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-76f90335 more-info-text elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="76f90335" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-17561f74" data-id="17561f74" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-684fad33 more-info-close elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon" data-id="684fad33" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"_position":"absolute"}" data-widget_type="icon.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-icon-wrapper"> <div class="elementor-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-times"></i> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-276e1b3a more-info-text-field elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="276e1b3a" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> We asked the brothers behind the iconic suspense series about their favorite libraries and bookshops. </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4efd460f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button" data-id="4efd460f" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="button.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-button-wrapper"> <a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://www.bookpage.com/interviews/lee-and-andrew-childs-approach-to-bookstores-would-do-jack-reacher-proud/"> <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper"> <span class="elementor-button-icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-caret-right"></i> </span> <span class="elementor-button-text">read 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