Mystery & Detective Book Reviews

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

I love it when I find an author that thrills and excites me when I read their work. You know the one—your pulse quickens when you turn to page one and maintains…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

While cutting the turf, Brendan McGann literally uncovers the perfectly preserved head of a red-haired woman, in a peat bog located on his farm in County Galway,…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Minnesota mystery writer Ellen Hart knows how to spin a wonderful, face-paced, complex mystery with characters you love to love and characters you…Well, you…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Nothing is ever as it seems, security is a slender thread broken when we first realize it doesn't really exist, and as Thomas H. Cook says in Red Leaves, "Family…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Cork O'Conner, the Tamarack County, Minnesota Sheriff's life is never easy. When he and Deputy Marsha Dross respond to a routine domestic call on the Iron Lake…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

There is no doubt that we are blessed with many talented mystery writers. There are, however, only a handful of books each year that are exceptional. Ellen Hart's…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

I enjoy Southern novels and writers almost as much as I enjoy chocolate. It is nirvana for me to be introduced to a new Southern novelist. Stealing with Style is Emyl…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Arson investigator Billy Nightingale, on a ride-a-long with his brother-in-law Sebastian Bly, a state trooper, is called to the "ugly" house in Sojourn. Two…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Few things are as bad as a telephone call in the middle of the night; especially if you've got a huge hangover. But work doesn't wait and police reporter Annie…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Matt Shannon is an ex-FBI agent turned cruise line security chief. He enjoys women, loves booze and has a painful past that isn't healing due to ongoing poor life…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

The Camel Club is a group of four of society's eccentric misfits that have, for one reason or another, dropped out of the everyday world. Their leader, "Oliver…

Reviewed by Connie Anderson

Okay, first I admit it. I am a closet humor writer, but lucky for us, Pat is out of that closet and making us laugh. This is a mystery book, but I think of it as…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Detective Inspector Frank Elder has had a tough time of it lately. He's recently retired from the police force following the abduction, rape and near murder of his…

Reviewed by Jackie Baumgarten

Crusader's Cross is Dave Robicheaux at his best, and he hasn't lost his sharp edge or gritty perspective--but age and life experience seem to have softened his…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that a large percentage of the world's population has considered their own death. You know the question: When will I die and how? …