Renée Ballard costars in new Harry Bosch detective series
Most authors of mystery and suspense fiction have long since learned that their only hope to make...
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Category: Detective Stories
Indian private eye Vish Puri is the best, he thinks
A respected Indian attorney has been framed in a sensational murder case. An idealistic crusader...
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Inspector Rebus returns. Is it his last case?
Since his early days as a patrolman in the 1970s, Detective Inspector John Rebus has “bent...
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A murder case crosses class and caste lines in 1921 Bangalore
Harini Nagendra’s debut in crime fiction, The Bangalore Detectives Club, opens in the South...
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A medieval mystery opens a window on 12th century England
Reading the Cadfael Chronicles is one of the best ways I’ve found to open a window on life...
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Shocks abound in the newest Karin Slaughter thriller
Karin Slaughter has gained a worldwide reputation for intense and often shocking thrillers....
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About cakes, cattle, and the passing of the old ways
For any reader looking for respite from the unrelenting violence of the world we live in, The...
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Farewell Kurt Wallender, we’re sad to see you go
A Review of The Troubled Man: A Kurt Wallender Novel, by Henning Mankell. @@@@ (4 out of 5). All good things come to an end, and for Kurt Wallender, this is it. The Troubled Man is aptly titled. The book tells the story of Wallender’s last big case, taking him deeply into Sweden’s politically complex past and arousing self-doubt that is more profound than ever.
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A gripping World War II English police procedural
Paris, May 1940. A Jewish furrier has just converted most of his wealth into diamonds. As he...
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An honest detective confronts reality in Soviet Russia
Award-winning Chicago-based mystery author Stuart Kaminsky wrote sixteen police procedurals...
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A captivating murder mystery set in Ghana
Observers of Third World politics and economic development write about the resource curse. They...
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One of my favorite English mystery writers is . . . a Texan?
Go figure: one of my favorite English mystery writers is . . . a Texan? Yes, it’s true. The...
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A gripping Chinese police procedural
You might think a police officer in any country in the world would share a great deal with anyone...
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V. I. Warshawski finds Chicago cops running wild
The HBO drama We Own This City has just concluded online as I write this review. The show is a...
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10 top novels about private detectives
To date, I’ve read and reviewed some 300 detective novels. Most of those involve police...
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