VJ Books Blog

Best mysteries of 2008

(catholic.org, Dec. 17) Sun Sentinel (MCT) – In “The Finder,” Colin Harrison combines a strong eye for social details and the intricacies of New York City for a novel that is equally literary fiction and mystery. A scheme in which office cleaners...

Charles Todd – A Matter of Justice

(Publisher’s Weekly, Nov. 3) In the stellar 11th Insp. Ian Rutledge mystery (after 2008’s A Pale Horse), Todd (the pseudonym of a mother-son writing team) seamlessly combines a fair-play whodunit with a nuanced look into the heart of darkness in the human...