Tag Archives: Mystery

The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman)

The much-loved gang of pensioners is back, but this time, they’re hoping to investigate something less serious than murder – perhaps just the simple case of a new resident of the retirement village and his almost certainly fraudulent online beau. Nothing doing. An old acquaintance turns up dead, and the four take on the case.

The Marlow Murder Club (Robert Thorogood)

With PBS Masterpiece soon to release The Marlow Murder Club as a series, Judith Potts could be our generation’s Miss Marple. She’s clever, feisty, eccentric, and has a totally relatable desire to live her best life untroubled by the interference of others (read: men).

The Twist of a Knife (Anthony Horowitz)

The Twist of a Knife is the fourth book in a series where author Anthony Horowitz writes a version of himself into the book as he and fictional detective Daniel Hawthorne solve murders “together” and collaborate on true-crime books about them. “It’s amazing, really, the invisible process that can turn complete strangers into friends.” AContinue reading “The Twist of a Knife (Anthony Horowitz)”

The Secret History (Donna Tartt)

It is a murder mystery beneath it all, although we know both the victim and the perpetrators from the very first page. The story is driven by character rather than plot, with a fascinating examination of human morality, the descent into madness, and the underlying motive of each of the characters.

September 2023 Editing Update

As I sat in the delicious air-conditioning, reading through a draft I hadn’t opened in nearly two years, I was struck by something I had not been expecting: It was good. It was actually pretty darn good, and I was getting excited about the story again.

March 2023 Editing Update

I’m not thrilled that I’m a leave-it-to-the-last-minute kind of gal, but I am who I am, it is what it is, and that’s where we are. If I can manage to finish this round of edits by end of day Friday, I plan to pass the manuscript off to my beta readers and forget about it for a while.

The Bullet That Missed (Richard Osman)

It’s jam-packed full of adventure, intrigue, humour, and genuine heart—and darned if it didn’t have me crying big soppy tears by the end. I’ll avoid the spoilers, but let it be known that Osman hasn’t shied away from the more heart-breaking side of aging, either.