What I’m Currently Reading, 4/1/2026…

I am currently reading Murder Revisited: A Jack Mallory Mystery Book 1, by William Coleman. As the title suggests, it’s a mystery. But methinks it may also be a police procedural.

What’s the difference between a mystery and a police procedural, you might ask? A mystery is a broad genre that typically features an amateur or private investigator and focuses on utilizing deduction to solve a conundrum (usually a murder). A police procedural is a kind of mystery that centers on a group of law enforcement agents solving crimes through realistic, meticulous, and frequently tiresome police work. (Thank you, Google!)

Since Jack Mallory is a detective for a city—which is never named in the book, we can call the setting Everycity—where he works with police colleagues. MR purports to be a police procedural. But since the detective is the main character, who is an urban, professional detective, this novel can also be described, or marketed, as a mystery.

I love me a good mystery. Here’s to hoping it’s well-written and entertaining, worthy of me continuing the series.