Even if you are not among the twenty-seven million readers worldwide who bought the books in Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published Millennium trilogy, you’ve probably heard enough talk about “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” to know that readers are in the mood for mysteries this summer. As a former Agatha Christie addict who once subjected her mother to the nonstop playing of the “Murder in Mesopotamia” audio book during a road trip to Vermont, I’ve found that the Larsson craze has reawakened my love for mysteries. In search of some solid mystery recommendations for my summer reading list, I recently sought out Kizmin Reeves, one of the three owners of Partners & Crime, the venerable mystery-and-crime bookstore in Greenwich Village.
Store policy forbids employees from recommending books they haven’t read. This is no challenge for Reeves, who estimates that she reads ten mystery novels a week. Dressed all in black and fitted with a pin that read “I am not a serial killer” (it’s the title of a book), Reeves walked me around her store and pointed out some great summer reads.
The Book Bench : The New Yorker has the recommendations.