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BOLO: Intrigue Alert is all about books that stun us. The Crew doesn’t usually spotlight memoirs in our BOLO: Intrigue Alert feature, but every rule has its exception. This one earned it. Hey, Sarge! A police memoir filled with bizarre calls,…

Mini-Mystery The Locked Library

A Mystery Review Crew Mini-Mystery: The Locked Library Welcome to the first of a new series, Mini-Mysteries. A bite-sized whodunit designed to test your inner sleuth. Each installment is a short scene with a handful of clues. Some are obvious,…

Whisper Mysteries. Every mystery starts with pieces waiting to connect. The Crew decided to take that literally, creating puzzles steeped with the same intrigue that fuels a good story. Characters don’t exist in a vacuum. Scenes in a book aren’t…

Chris Manno Head shot

The Mystery Review Crew is thrilled to announce our newest creative accomplice: acclaimed cartoonist Chris Manno! Starting this week, Chris will bring his signature artistic style to our mystery-loving community with original weekly cartoons that capture the intrigue, suspense, and…

A few months ago, we got to review the first book in Author Shelly Jones ‘ A Wren Winters Mystery Series, Player Elimination. Our reviewer absolutely loved it, so I needed to know more about the author behind this raving…

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Books Receiving the Mystery Review Crew’s
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MRC RECOMMENDS: Bait the Devil by Winter Austin “Readers who love plenty of action, suspense, and explosions are in for a butt-kicking good read.”—The Mystery Review Crew Bait the Devil…

MRC RECOMMENDS: Under the Apple Tree by Kathleen J. Easley “I fell in love with the characters, the story, and everything about this book.” – The Mystery Review Crew Under…

The MRC Recommends: THE IRIS CODE BY ANITA DICKASON “The tension, action, and edge-of-your-seat suspense made me not want THE IRIS CODE to end.”—Kristine Hall, Hall Ways Blog The Iris…

MRC RECOMMENDS: Shakespeare’s Table by Howard Gimple “Author Howard Gimple clearly knows how to keep readers guessing all the way to the end of the story.” – The Mystery Review…

MRC RECOMMENDS: Going Gone! by Anita Dickason “…an enthralling action adventure that will have the reader racing around the greater Austin, Texas, area…”– The Mystery Review Crew Going Gone! A…

MRC RECOMMENDS: Bazaar by Miles Joyner “A fast-paced book that caught me off guard more than once.” – The Mystery Review Crew Bazaar By Miles JoynerGenre: Suspense, Thriller A high-profile…

MRC RECOMMENDS: The Bystander by John David “This debut novel hit it out of the park…“ — The Mystery Review Crew The Bystander By John DavidGenre: Political Thriller, ThrillerSeries: The…

MRC RECOMMENDS: Hard Headed Woman by Howard Gimple “Hard Headed Woman is a refreshingly original story, free of many of the tropes often associated with mystery novels. That alone makes…