Mystery novels are fast becoming my favourite genre and I couldn’t pass in the chance to read and review three books from the Anne Collin’s Mystery Series by Helen Starbuck. Today, I’m reviewing the first of these – The Mad Hatter’s son. The Burden of Hate and No Pity In Death will follow over the next few days. The Mad Hatter’s Son Curiosity killed the cat, so the saying goes, and it may end up killing operating room nurse Annie Collins. Annie’s estranged friend Libby Matheisen needs Annie’s help to discover what is causing her vague, puzzling symptoms. Unwillingly drawn…

Their Frozen Graves is the second novel in a series that features Detective Mackenzie (Mack) Price of the Lakemore, Washington Police Department. Having read the first book Hidden Lake, I was keen to read this one too. Their Frozen Graves Two women are dead. They both look like you. The giant stretch of frozen river was melting and the light made the lake glitter like crystals. The women lay side by side on the shore, eyes open and glassy. Their long, dark hair was like tangled rope, their faces a reflection of each other… When two bodies are found dumped in one of the vast lakes…

Although I finished reading An American in Paris last year 😉 this is my first review of the year. Glad that this book was such a good read, making it an absolute pleasure to review. An American In Paris Paris, 1940: Walking through Montmartre that morning was like the eerie calm right before a storm. The roads were deserted. We carried on, arm in arm, and then finally, we saw them. Columns and columns of soldiers, spreading through the streets like a toxic grey vapour. ‘You must write about this,’ he whispered to me. ‘You must write about the day freedom left Paris.’…