Tag: Mystery
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Body at Buccaneer’s Bay by Josh Lanyon
Dead Men Tell No Tales. Mystery Bookshop owner Ellery Page and Police Chief Jack Carson are diving for the legendary pirate galleon Blood Red Rose when they discover an old-fashioned diver’s suit, water-damaged and encrusted with barnacles. Further examination reveals the 20th Century suit contains a 21st Century body. Who was the mysterious diver? No…
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Agatha Christie graphic novels
These graphic novel adaptations of some of Agatha Christie’s mystery novels were quick reads at under 50 pages each. I recently picked up four from my local library: And Then There Were None, adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Frank Leclercq. Murder In Mesopotamia, adapted by François Rivière and illustrated by Chandre. The Mystery…
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Cosy Mystery (a work in progress)
I haven’t even finished the first draft yet, but I’m almost there! I’ve given it a home on my website, and also discussed how I prepared for then wrote 50,000 words of the first draft in November. And so, for Day 6 of my bookish Advent calendar, I’ve thrown together a quick blurb for the…
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Cosy up with a cosy mystery
They’re just what I’ve felt like recently. We’ve all had a bit too much real life lately, so why not? A bit of lighthearted murder, set in a quaint town with an eclectic and entertaining cast of characters. A quirky main character acting as amateur sleuth, and with a slow-burn love interest. A trail of…
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False Value
In the latest installment of Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series, Peter Grant has taken a job at a tech startup based at Old Street’s ‘silicon roundabout’. He’s soon caught up in a secret that’s a dangerous mixture of artificial intelligence, magic and technology. False Value is the eighth in the main series of novels,…
G. B. Ralph 