Tag: book-reviews
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New York Times: Best Mysteries (and Other Books) Since 2000
Here’s a gift link to the interactive database of the NYT’s best and notable books by year and genre. Check out the picks for the best 21 mysteries of the past two decades.
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And Now For Something Completely Different: PI Izzy Spellman
There’s rarely a murder in this mystery series, which focuses instead on a hilarious young PI working for her very dysfunctional family’s investigations agency. Quirky family dynamics and humor are the stars of these books.
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Edgar Award Winners 2024: Few Female Sleuths, Few Surprises
Familiar names and titles dominated the list of award recipients but I think this annual winners’ roundup — described as “the Oscars of mystery awards” — is always worth a look.
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Left Coast Crime Award Winners: Female Sleuths Win Big
It’s time for the 2023 best mystery awards season, and winners can be a great source for new additions to your TBR (to be read) list. Female sleuths swept the “Lefty” awards.
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The Expectant Detectives: Very Pregnant Women Track a Killer
I am not now, nor have I ever been, nine months pregnant. But it doesn’t matter. This is a hilarious modern take on a cozy, wherein a waddle of women tackle a mystery to distract from the terror of impending childbirth.
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Murder Crossed Her Mind: A Series Keeps Getting Better
I feel no regrets about stopping a series if my interest lags. But this fourth book in the Pentecost & Parker mystery series, featuring a Nero Wolfe-like detective pair in 1940s New York, is every bit as good as the first, second and third.
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Best Mysteries of 2023: How Many Have You Read?
Check out which books made one — or more — of the Best Mysteries of 2023 lists from editors at The New York Times, The Washington Post, Barnes and Noble, and Amazon.
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