You can’t go wrong with any of the books in the Flavia de Luce series by Toronto author, Alan Bradley.

Here’s to letting the characters take the lead! You never know what will happen.

A spunky protagonist with strong opinions and principals, Charlotte is not afraid to step in when someone needs help.

A BIAS FOR MURDER is a charming cozy, in which the amateur sleuths piece together the crime like the pattern of a quilt.

Just because I’m short doesn’t mean I’m weak. Just because I’m a woman doesn’t mean I can’t take care of myself.

Bowen’s wonderful descriptions of the setting made it feel like I was on an African safari right alongside Georgie and Darcy.

Before they were legendary writers, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were detectors.

To write perfect heroines, all it takes is a killer attitude and a red pen - blood red, perhaps.

Elizabeth J. Duncan’s latest Penny Brannigan title ON DEADLY TIDES offers a lovely escape to Wales, amidst a cleverly plotted mystery, reminiscent of Agatha Christie.

Fradkin evokes the prairie heat of the Alberta badlands in THE ANCIENT DEAD. When a human bone is discovered in a coulee, Amanda has to dig up the past to solve a thirty-year-old mystery. And plunges headlong into danger...