LaurenMar 20, 20194 minMystery Review: The Witch Elm, Tana French (2018)It’s taken me this long to start thinking about what luck can be, how smoothly and deliciously deceptive, how relentlessly twisted and kn...
LaurenMar 14, 20191 minPie Mysteries for Pi DayFor those of us who write dates Month Date, it's Pi Day. In honor of this, I've collected a handful of mysteries to enjoy, along with Swe...
LaurenMar 12, 20193 minMystery Review: The Trespasser, Tana French (2016)Anyone who turns herself into Barbie because that’s the only way she feels worthwhile needs a kick up the hole, but someone who does it f...
LaurenMar 8, 20192 minFriday Reads, Watches & Listens: The Jessica Fletcher editionThis week's reads, watches, and listens are brought to you courtesy of crime writers, females, and good twins. Reads: This article about ...
LaurenMar 6, 20193 minMystery Review: The Secret Place, Tana French (2014)“If I've learned one thing today, it's that teenage girls make Moriarty look like a babe in the woods." - The Secret Place, Tana French I...
LaurenMar 3, 20193 minMystery Review: Death on the Aisle, Frances & Richard Lockridge (1942)“I suppose it’s always a mistake to bump into a murderer.” - Mrs. North, Death on the Aisle, Frances & Richard Lockridge Death on the Ai...
LaurenMar 1, 20192 minFriday Mystery Reads, Watches, & Listens: The Fugitive Edition Today's reads, watches, and listens are brought to you by The Fugitive, with a guest appearance from the Bard, William No-Middle-Name-Of-...
LaurenFeb 27, 20193 minMystery Review: Broken Harbor, Tana French (2012)Here’s what I’m trying to tell you: this case should have gone like clockwork. It should have ended up in the textbooks as a shining exam...
LaurenFeb 20, 20194 minMystery Review: Faithful Place, Tana French (2010)“Someone stuck a suitcase behind a fireplace, twenty-odd years ago,” I said. “It’s hardly the crime of the century." - Tana French, Faith...
LaurenFeb 15, 20192 minFriday Reads, Watches, & Listens This week brought to you by sugar, love, friendship, Ireland, and some low-level animal trespassing. Princesses, sky diving, and former P...
LaurenFeb 14, 20193 minMystery Review: The Likeness, Tana French (2008)But give me more credit than that. Someone else may have dealt the hand, but I picked it up off the table, I played every card, and I had...
LaurenFeb 8, 20192 minFriday Reads and Watches: Brought to You by Agatha Christie EditionThe "This Has to Be a Scam, Right?" read: I've been following the story of a crypto-currency firm whose founder died (maybe, just maybe u...
LaurenFeb 7, 20192 minMystery Review: In the Woods, Tana French (2007)What I am telling you, before you begin my story, is this—two things: I crave truth. And I lie. - Tana French, In the Woods The first ent...
LaurenFeb 1, 20193 minMystery Review: The Moon-Spinners, Mary Stewart (1963)Let's start with the positive: Mary Stewart writes beautifully. Her descriptions of Crete made me want to immediately book a flight and s...
LaurenJan 23, 20192 minMystery review: Home Sweet Homicide, by Craig Rice (1944)Bottom line: I found this book delightful. Picked up in the fabulous Murder by the Book bookstore in Houston, this re-release from Otto P...