Miraz Jordan

I enoyed Safe (Merrow & Clarke Book 1) by Jane Adams 📚, though the frequently mentioned Organised Crime Gang torture was a hard read.

Now 17 year old Lauren’s on the run knowing her father will murder her, just like he murdered her mother.

Finished Straight Up (A Ruby Steele Mystery—Book 4) by Mia Gold 📚. I quite enjoyed it but there are things that strain credulity.

[on a group holiday] a rich wife … wakes up with her best friend’s husband sleeping beside her—dead.

Ruby Steele has to figure out the mystery.

While I enjoyed the first 2 books in the series this third one just didn’t gel with me. Too Close to Kill (Detective Sarah Burke mystery and suspense Book 3) by Elizabeth Gunn. 📚

They always seemed so good together. But did Frank shoot Lois and then turn the gun on himself?

I enjoyed Death by the Thames (Tyrone Swift Detective Book 9) by Gretta Mulrooney 📚:

Respectable, dull Sam Goddard is found dead in the River Thames the evening before his wedding, with a 15 year-old girl. They were both sedated.

Tundra Courage by Brenda Bowie Wise 📚:

While on a village trip to watch her students demonstrate their [nursing] skills, Meara encounters a victim of circumstances that don’t make sense. It is up to her to find the truth.

Set in a Yupik village in Alaska. Thought-provoking.

Seems I bought this 📚 7 years ago but only just finished reading Innocent in Las Vegas (Tiffany Black Mysteries Book 1).

Tiffany Black is determined to leave her job at the casino. She’s one small step away from acquiring her Private Investigator license.

Might read more.

It's a while since I read others in this series so the style of Murder in Pembrokeshire (Tyrone Swift Detective Book 8) by Gretta Mulrooney was a little jarring. 📚

Afan has disappeared. The next day, Swift discovers Afan’s body on a lonely stretch of the nearby coastal path

Today’s discovery: a 2012 Māori language scifi book — Ngā Waituhi o Rēhua by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira. 📚

4 teenagers live on Rēhua, a planet settled after Earth is destroyed by ecological disasters and global war … they discover an island with another colony of people…

Enjoyed very much: Murder Across the Lines (Warwick & Bell Crime Mysteries Book 2) by Janice Frost. 📚

At a busy crossing in Lincoln city a motorbike skids to a halt. A man jumps and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. … The girl falls to the ground. She’s been stabbed.

Another in an excellent series: Goodbye Haldane Hill (A DC Holly Towns Murder Mystery) by Anne Shillolo. 📚

the body of a young woman in Haldane Hill Park rings alarm bells for DC Holly Towns. But can she even say the words ‘serial killer’ and be taken seriously?

I really enjoyed At Close Range (Detective Sarah Burke Book 2) by Elizabeth Gunn. 📚

… a double homicide in a rich neighborhood. While the property developer husband is away on business, his party-loving wife winds up dead in their king-size bed along with her latest boy-toy.

I very much enjoyed the Swedish book Still Waters (Sandhamn Murders Book 1) by Viveca Sten (Author), Marlaine Delargy (Translator) 📚

On a hot July morning on Sweden’s idyllic vacation island of Sandhamn, a man takes his dog for a walk and makes a gruesome discovery

Murder mystery with a huge helping of travel writing: Destination: Maui (Destination Murder Mysteries Book 1) by Ann Shepphird. 📚

I liked it well enough but I think on balance I prefer more investigation and less travel writing… Maybe a different destination would work for me?

Sometimes I try reading romance, but it’s unsatisfying like when hot chocolate is all froth… When Love Wins by Sherryl Hancock. 📚

Tyler has been openly gay, Shenin always dated men … the government’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell [sets] a path that could endanger both careers

Enjoyed, in spite of numerous typos: Unknown Victim (Gina Santoro Mysteries Book 1) by Kay Hadashi. 📚

Rookie Police Officer Gina Santoro … makes a career change … Now working in landscape management, she finds … a dead body on her front porch.

Hawai’i a bonus.

I wasn’t entirely sure about Close to Her (Detective Sarah Burke mystery and suspense Book 1) by Elizabeth Gunn at first. Then I loved it and am ready to read more. 📚

I enjoyed A Mumbai Murder Mystery by Meeti Shroff-Shah. 📚

Some great turns of phrase, insight into a culture I’m not familiar with. So much food I want to taste!

Radhi returns home to Mumbai … gets caught up in the mystery surrounding the death of her best friend’s father.

I’ve really enjoyed this series. Just finished 3rd Tango: (Schock Sisters Mystery Series) by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano. 📚 Looks like the authors have written other books, but in genres that aren’t really my thing. With any luck, there are more of this series yet to come.

I found 2nd Strike: Book 2 of 3: Schock Sisters Mystery Series by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano as compelling as Book 1. 📚 Now on to Book 3.

Fifteen years ago, a newborn … was kidnapped … Then-FBI Agent Charlie Schock solved the crime … But it wasn’t the Haver’s child.

Intense and very readable: 1st Shock: A Schock Sisters Private Investigator Mystery by Misty Evans and Adrienne Giordano. 📚

Elite forensic sculptor Meg Schock is obsessed with solving cold cases and bringing justice to victims.

I’ve bought the next in series.

A pleasant read: Swamp Sweets (Miss Fortune Mysteries Book 21) by Jana DeLeon 📚

A brilliant book by a favourite author: Unbreakable by Cari Hunter. 📚

Dr. Grace Kendal never stands a chance. The injured woman comes out of nowhere, bleeding heavily and holding a gun. Compelled to help her, Grace is dragged into Elin Breckenridge’s nightmare.

Another excellent read from a favourite author: Fear on the Fens: (DI Nikki Galena Series Book 13) by Joy Ellis 📚

[they] must find a man who’s been missing for two decades and unravel the painful past of a broken family before anyone else dies.

… with their hands tied …

Mysteries featuring black lesbians, with a touch of romance, are few and far between. Smoke Before Fire by A.M. McKnight 📚

I give this developing author a pass on the many typos, but the price should be half what it is on a lightweight book. Considering reading more by McKnight.

Noooo! When you finish Full Bodied (A Ruby Steele Mystery—Book 3) by Mia Gold 📚, knowing there’s a Book 4, so you go straight to buy it and see:

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