Miraz Jordan

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:

This title will be auto-delivered to your Kindle on December 14, 2021.

This series keeps me reading well past my going to sleep time! I really enjoyed Extra Dirty (A Ruby Steele Mystery—Book 2) by Mia Gold 📚:

A 40-something female tourist seeks out Ruby, desperate for her help. She was out partying all night with her friend [who now] is missing.

I really enjoyed On the Rocks (A Ruby Steele Mystery—Book 1) by Mia Gold 📚:

Welcome to the Bahamian world of Ruby Steele … her local dive bar, … her major drinking problem, her (way) too many fights, her inability to get herself out of trouble, and her fists made of stone.

I read and enjoyed The Chase: (The Diving Series Book 15) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. 📚

I backed the Kickstarter and received an early copy. The first half confused me a little with several different storylines. The second half wove them all together in a gripping way.

I like the author, the book’s well written, but I need to stop reading as the grisly bits are infiltrating my brain and my dreams: Beware the Past (Detective Matt Ballard Book 1) by Joy Ellis. 📚

I bought this in 2017 — perhaps I read it then. May be why it seems a bit familiar.

Undermined: A Gay Mystery (Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries Book 1) by Ripley Hayes. 📚

An unusual book for me to read, featuring male lead characters. A single, surprisingly graphic, sex scene. Leaned more to romance than mystery, but I did enjoy it.

Another good read from this author: Goodbye Calais Club: (A Port Alma Murder Mystery Book 2) by Anne Shillolo. 📚

Disappointed I have to wait for the third book in the series.

there’s no way Holly can investigate on her own. Or is there?

I quite enjoyed The Complete Monica Noble Murder Mysteries, a 3 book set, by Faith Martin 📚. I had to take a break after book 2 as they’re a little cloying.

A fairly easy read with a woman who has an eye for detail. Interesting acknowledgment of inappropriate attraction too.

A darn good read: Project Charon 1: Re-entry by Patty Jansen:

Tina needs money, and needs it fast. Another creditor is impossible to find. That leaves her one option: to return to the world she fled fifteen years ago and Kelso Space Station

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Well written, unusual, gripping.