Reading Between the Lines

  An energetic cozy mystery follows a travel agent as she puts her psychic tendencies to work on a police cold case. Cherie Priest ( The ...

A portrait painter turns amateur sleuth when a corpse is discovered on Christmas Day in an idyllic English town. M.B. Shaw is the p...

The first paragraphs of a novel can set the foundation for what's to follow in terms of tone, character and story intent. Here are th...

In Scent of Murder , James O. Born  delivers a suspenseful mystery about a specialized K-9 police unit in south Florida and its role in t...

The Writer's Life Since 1981, fans of the Richard Jury mysteries have come to expect eccentric characters, peculiar murders and a sma...

New Scotland Yard Superintendent Richard Jury returns to the page with a visit to  Vertigo 42 , a stylish high-rise champagne bar in L...

"It was one of those freakish October days, when the mercury shoots up to the nineties, catching everyone off guard..."  (Prolog...

What do the Hancock Building , Lake Michigan , Water Tower Place , the El , and Holy Name Cathedral  have in common?  All are places in Chic...

When you want to escape from life for a while, what do you read for fun? If you're like me, a good cozy mystery is the answer a...