Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in January 2026

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in January 2026: I am always excited to start a new year of reading. This year I would like to read one each of the following every month: A vintage mystery ...

SleuthSayers: Dear Abi, or the Ultimate Unreliable Narrator by Robert Lopresti

SleuthSayers: Dear Abi, or the Ultimate Unreliable Narrator:  "As for myself, I belong to that delicious subgenre, the  self-confessed  unreliable narrator." - Matt Coward Back in 2021 I wrot...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton:   Reviewed by Jeanne Samuel Pipps, the 1634 version of Sherlock Holmes, is being transported from Batavia to Amsterdam to stand trial fo...

Crime Watch: Review: THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER by Stuart Turton

Crime Watch: Review: THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER: THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER by Stuart Turton (Bloomsbury, 2020) Reviewed by Craig Sisterson A murder on the high seas. A detective duo. A d...

SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: My favourite fiction reads in 2020

SHOTSMAG CONFIDENTIAL: My favourite fiction reads in 2020: My favourite reads this year have been quite eclectic and they have also included a number of non-fiction titles as well. It has of course b...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by St...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by St...: Reviewed by Jeanne As the book opens, our narrator finds himself in the woods.   He doesn’t know who he is or how he got there. ...