“Oh, shut up, Geoffrey. If you don’t stop accusing me of murder, I’m going to kill you.” Carol Quinn is a serial killer. Seven murders have been attributed to her – all killed for perfectly good reasons in her mind – and a few more happened off the record. But that was in the distant […]

Is there such a thing as a perfect crime? Not when Inspector Graves of Scotland Yard is on the case – or indeed the seven cases. Whether it be a locked room mystery, a serial killer or an unbreakable alibi, there is no case too complex for Inspector Graves. From Soho to the steps of […]

And it’s the return of the feature that all the cool authors are taking part in – HINT! – namely the Five Books interview. Victoria Dowd kicked things off last month, and the first of, hopefully, three authors this month is J S Savage. John is the author of three novels to date, all fair-play […]

Haila Rogers is looking forward to the opening night of Green Apples, debuting on Broadway. Not entirely sure what the pull of a British comedy of manners would be, but I’m no historian of the American theatre. Anyway, Carol Blanton, the star of the show, is staying with Haila but has had an attack of […]

The local bookshop, Shelf Determination, in Fethering is branching out with a major section of the bookshop devoted to crime fiction, of all things. Well, it’s the idea of the husband, Roly, of the owner, who has a little too much time on their hands, who has converted a section of the bookshop, previously housing […]

The world’s most unlikely crime solving duo is back – and this time Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy and Indian hotel owner Avtar Mehta discover that family secrets are the most deadly. When the tyrannical head of one of Delhi’s richest families is found dead inside a locked room within the historic Elephant House, Sister […]

So September draws to a close. Luckily, this is always an easy month for me to do the Puzzly round-up as September, being the first month of term for me, is so busy, I tend not to read that many books. So let’s see. One, two, three… NINETEEN? How did that happen? Oh yes, we […]

Susan Ryeland has had quite enough of murder, Alan Conway and Atticus Pünd. She’s come close to being killed twice while investigating the secrets that Conway hid inside his novels, and wants nothing more to do with them. But, back in England and in need of money, she receives an offer that she can’t refuse […]

The Oxford Examinations Syndicate is responsible for running overseas O levels in a variety of countries, most notably in the Middle East, and new recruit Nicholas Quinn is settling nicely into the job. Concerns were raised about the fact that Quinn is deaf, but with a hearing aid and impressive lipreading abilities, Quinn is doing […]

Canada, 1898, and the gold rush is in full flow. People struggling across the frozen wilderness, risking life and limb just to get the chance to seek their fortune. But even those who make the treacherous journey aren’t guaranteed the life they seek. And even if you find gold, it doesn’t mean that others will […]