Elly Griffiths is a British crime novelist who has written 3 series. The series are as follows: Ruth Galloway (15 books)Galloway a forensic archaeologist who lives in remote seaside cottage near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. She works with police to solve murders. The books are good page turners and easy reads! Brighton Mysteries (7 books)Griffiths’ 2nd series is set in 1950s Brighton and focuses on duo of Detective Inspector Egar Stephens and magician Max Mephisto. The stories are interesting! Habinder Kauer (4 books) Kauer is a forensic psychologist and profiler.
Author Spotlight: Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly is an American author who has written over 30 books, his main characters are: Harry Bosch (26 novels). LAPD detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch solves numerous murders and eventually retires and continues on as a private detective. Harry Bosch has been on Netflix for a couple of seasons and there also have been a couple of movies adapted from these novels. Michael Haller (6 novels) is a criminal defense lawyer. There have been a couple of movies made adapted from his character and Netflix has a series called “Lincoln Lawyer” about his character. Michael Connelly’s mystery books are easy
Author Spotlight: Ann Cleeves
Ann Cleeves is an English mystery writer who has written a number of books with different characters. Her books have also been adapted into TV shows. A list of her book series is a follows. Charlie Herman, Library Volunteer
Author Spotlight: David Baldacci
David Baldacci is one of the most popular authors in the US. He has written over 40 novels. He has written books on seven different characters and 8 standalone novels. I have read all of his books which are all page turners. Here is a brief overview on his characters in no particular order. 1. King & Maxwell (6 books) – They are a man and woman who are both former Secret service agents. 2. Amos Decker (7 books) He is a private eye who was a former professional football player who suffered severe head injury, which then gave him a
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutano
Vera Wong is a sixty-year-old woman who runs a failing tea shop. She’s also a Chinese mother whose millennial son won’t listen to her suggestions for him or answer her messages! She has her daily routine, though, and sticks to it just fine until one day she finds a dead body in her tea shop. Though the police aren’t convinced it’s murder, she is, so she takes it upon herself to investigate the obvious homicide. Along the way, she makes friends with four millennials/gen Z-ers that are her main suspects. This is a hilarious cozy mystery with found family that
Author Spotlight: Alyssa Maxwell
The library held a Zoom program with Alyssa Maxwell. She is from Massachusetts, but lives in Florida. She has written twelve mysteries all set in the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. The first book is Murder at the Breakers. They are set in the 1890s and must be read in order since the main character solves the first and all the following mysteries. They are all easy reads, good page turrners, and they have received excellent reviews. The Hallmark Channel has turned her books into a TV series. She said the books were inspired by her husband’s family whose Newport origins date back numerous
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum
This translated work of literary fiction is a cozy, slice of life book about the employees and customers of a bookstore. The main character Yoengju needed a change so she decided to change everything about her life and open up the bookstore. Throughout the book you will learn about the circumstances leading up to her decision and the results of the change, both positive and negative. You also learn about characters’ points of view about life, books, work, school, and more. The plot also follows Yeongju’s young employee who makes the coffee and the author that Yeongju interviews for a
Author Spotlight: Tracy Clark
An author whose mystery books I recommend is Tracy Clark. The library held a zoom program with her a couple of years ago. She is a Black author based in Chicago and her books are based on Black women detectives in the Chicago area. She has written four books with Cassandra Raines as the main character and two books with Harriet Foster as the main character. Her books are easy and fast and good mystery reads. Charlie Herman, Library Volunteer
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
For fans of The City of Brass, The Stardust Thief is a story where the existence of jinn is recognized by society, but they are also hunted due to the fact that they are inhuman and the healing power in their blood. This book follows a few main characters: Loulie al-Nazari, a young woman who sells powerful jinn relics, and Mazen, the sultan’s son who would rather listen to and tell stories rather than join his brother’s Forty Thieves. Readers will recognize some of the stories in The Stardust Thief. Loulie and Mazen are sent on a perilous journey to
Unseen Magic by Emily Lloyd-Jones
genre: middle grade fantasy Magic exists in the town of Aldermere, but not the way you would expect. It’s not ghosts, witches, and vampires; it’s more unique than that. If you open a door that isn’t labeled, you might end up a random place in town. Sometimes the tea shop disappears, and winds up in a different spot. When Fin moved to town with her mother, she was introduced to the type of magic that exists in Aldermere. She also got introduced to the magic tea in the tea shop – a special type of tea that can grant your