MBTB's Mystery Book Blog
Murder by the Book, Portland, Oregon, reviews mystery & crime books.
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Trust by Hernan Diaz
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Riverhead Books, 416 pages, $28 This is not a murder mystery, but there are certainly mysterious machinations afoot. The reader involvem...
Friday, June 24, 2022
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
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W. W. Norton, 288 pages, $27.95 This is not a mystery. It is one of the most beautiful stories I’ve ever read. Richard Powers, author of...
Friday, June 17, 2022
The City of Brass by S. A. Chakraborty
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Harper Voyager, 576 pages, $17.99 (c2017) This is not a mystery. I admit a weakness for stories with genies. A recent favorite genie boo...
Friday, June 10, 2022
Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks
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World Noir, 320 pages, $17 (c2021) “Bobby March Will Live Forever” is the third in the Harry McCoy books by Scottish writer Alan Parks. I ...
Friday, May 20, 2022
Deer Season by Erin Flanagan
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University of Nebraska Press, 320 pages, $21.95 (c2021) This is a special book and it is a mystery, but the emphasis is on character devel...
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