A trip to the Alps- with friends, or family, or even the people you work with – sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Crisp mountain air and gorgeous views of snow-capped mountains. But…throw in a few murders, some disappearances, a blizzard,…
When you think of the Ivy League, what comes to mind? Tradition, prestige, scholarship, old money? How about murder? Pamela Thomas-Graham wrote a three-book series in which the protagonist of all three books is Nikki Chase- a young, black Assistant…
Helene Tursten brings the Swedish landscape and culture to life in her Inspector Embla Nyström series. Embla Nystrom is a champion boxer and hunter of moose and boar in the Swedish countryside. She is the youngest of four children and…
Our cookbook collection is brimming with cookbooks that highlight and celebrate the contributions of African American cooking as well as international chefs and restaurateurs.
Almost everyone knows the birds of Christmas – the partridge, the turtle doves, the calling birds, the French hens… Author Donna Andrews, all of whose twenty-eight books contain a bird in the title, has seven Christmas mysteries: Six Geese A-Slaying…
Downton Abbey sparked interest in early 20th century England in the lives and experiences of both the upper and lower classes and Jacqueline Winspear has written a mystery series along similar themes in the Maisie Dobbs mysteries. The series spans…
Mystery-Crime-Thriller novels often take us to other places, but they can also transport us to other times. There are many historical crime series that are set in the very distant past that are worth a read. Here are a few…
Imagine that you have committed a murder; the victim deserved what he got, you were never caught, but you know that sooner or later, you will be called to account. What to do? This is the situation that Casey Duncan,…
