Saturday, August 24, 2024

Six crime novels with a focus on nature

Ayla Rose is an author and lawyer who lives in the Green Mountains of Vermont. When not writing, she enjoys kayaking, hiking, gardening, and spending time with her husband, sons, and the family’s three dogs.

Her new novel, Murder on Devil's Pond, is book 1 in The Hummingbird Hollow B&B Mystery series.

At CrimeReads Rose tagged six "favorite crime novels (or series) with a focus on the outdoors." One title on the list:
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips is a character-driven thriller that takes place on the Kamchatka Peninsula in northeastern Russia. The book explores the lives of several women and girls, including a detective, a mother, a witness, and a neighbor, linked by an unthinkable crime in this small community after two young girls go missing. I was immediately drawn in by the hauntingly desolate, yet beautiful, landscape, which is inextricably intertwined with the well-drawn characters and their story.
Read about the other entries on the list.

Disappearing Earth is among Scott Alexander Howard's eight novels from across the world about isolation.

--Marshal Zeringue