Not a mystery, not a who-done-it (we know who did it, or do we?). Hannah Kent’s novel is based on a true story about the last woman to be executed in Iceland. The story begins when Agnes Magnusdottir (daughter of Magnus) is taken to live…

Tough book to read, at least the first part. This is the true story of what happened at Memorial Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina. The first part of the story focuses on the events, told through several doctor…

The best Jim Kelly yet. In this mystery, Detective Inspector Peter Shaw and his Sergeant George Valentine must deal with a couple of old crimes. In the first, a body is discovered on top of a coffin that is being moved. In the second, Sh…