Book Review: The Red Door: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery

By Ryan McGarry
Charles Todd is a rarity among modern writers of popular fiction; he is original. There is nothing derivative about his protagonist, Inspector Ian Rutledge.

Set in England just after the First World War, Rutledge returns home from combat shell shocked but functional.  Resuming his career as a Scotland Yard Inspector, his bout with personal [...]

Book Review: U is for Undertow

The first time I meet Sue Grafton it was in the mid-1980s where she came to speak at her sister’s library branch in Cincinnati. About half of the 50 or so seats were filled.