I just realized that all of my upcoming books this week are mysteries. LOL how did that happen? I guess it doesn’t matter, as long as I’m reading *something,* rather than nothing.
Once again, I continue the Ngaio Marsh Alleyn series with #3, The Nursing Home Murder. Still making my way through the Dorothy Sayers/Wimsey series as well, and this week’s installment is also the third, Unnatural Death.
Alexandra Andrews – Who Is Maud Dixon? Ambitious small town wannabe writer becomes an assistant to famous author who writes under the pseudonym Maud Dixon. Then they’re in an accident overseas during a research trip. The writer is nowhere to be found, so the wannabe decides to step into the boss shoes as if nothing happened. Oh dear.
My other two books were popular 2023 releases. The Housekeepers by Alex Hay is the latest entry in the recent trend of maid/housekeeper mysteries that started with Nita Prose’s The Maid. I haven’t read anything from this subgenre, so Mr Hay’s debut novel will be my introduction. This one distinguishes itself from the others with a British housekeeper of a solitary house who has a con artist past that’s about to catch up to her.
The other recent bestseller will be The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen, famous for her Rizzoli and Isles medical thriller series. Ms Gerritsen seems keen on going in a new direction, this time with an espionage thriller. The premise? Blowback doesn’t care about a spy retiring.
I have a feeling this will be a ‘can’t put it down’ week. Good thing I’m retired!
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