In her debut romance novel, “Honey and Spice,” Bolu Babalola plays with familiar literary romance tropes to explore questions about gender, sexuality and modern dating.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/books/honey-and-spice-bolu-babalola.html
Author: joycesmysteryandfictionbookreviews
New Crime Fiction – The New York Times
Johanna Mo’s new novel, “The Shadow Lily,” is a solid police procedural that brims with twists, turns and surprising revelations.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/08/08/books/review/new-crime-fiction.html
With thanks to The Book Jotter
20 Crime Fiction Books by a Diversity of Women Writers
Carole V. Bell celebrates a genre that is embracing political and social relevance and voices from around the world.
— Read on www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g40613585/crime-fiction-global-diverse-20-books-women-writers/
From the nyt
From the nyt
Enjoying a Lord Peter Wimsey novel
I’m listening to Clouds of Witness on Scribd. Check it out: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/519196703
The Month’s Best Psychological Thrillers

This month is chock full of it—whatever you want, it’s here. There are elaborate, several day long weddings. There are tense family reunions in …
The Month’s Best Psychological Thrillers
Lisa Jewell: How I Accidentally Wrote a Detective Into My Psychological Thriller

Between the ages of twelve and thirteen I read the entire Agatha Christie oeuvre in under a year. They were like crack for me, my first addiction, I …
Lisa Jewell: How I Accidentally Wrote a Detective Into My Psychological Thriller
Some e book bargains for 8.11.22
The Emperor of All Maladies
The Odyssey (not Homer) by Lara Williams
The Barbara Pym Collection Volume One
Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
Churchill’s Secret Messenger
Arrowsmith-American classic story of a doctor
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Before We Were Yours
Case Histories and other Kate Atkinson titles
Run Away by Harlan Coben
The Pull of Stars
The Last Trial by Scott Turow
Room and Akin by Emma Donoghue
Girl Last Seen and other titles by Nina Laurin
The Girl in Green