Archive for March, 2010
Book Giveaway: Without Mercy by Lisa Jackson
One of today’s premier suspense writers, Lisa Jackson is unequalled in her ability to make the reader stay up all night, to chew nails, to resent having to go to work while the book remains at home, unfinished. It was certainly no surprise to her legions of fans when she hit #1 on the New [...]
March 31, 2010
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Patience Is a Necessity
Alan Orloff’s debut mystery, Diamonds for the Dead, will be released TOMORROW by Midnight Ink. The first in his new series, Killer Routine – A Last Laff Mystery, featuring Channing Hayes, a stand-up comic with a tragic past, will be out Spring 2011 (also from Midnight Ink). For more info, visit www.alanorloff.com When it comes [...]
March 30, 2010
Posted in: Guest Blogs 8 Comments
Book Review: Sex in a Sidecar by Phyllis Smallman
Sex in a Sidecar Phyllis Smallman McArthur & Company, February 2010 ISBN 9781552787731 Trade Paperback Hurricane Myrna is heading up the west coast of Florida, heading right for Jacaranda and the Sunset Bar.  Sherri Travis has been here before and knows what to expect.  She’s one of those people that wait until the last possible [...]
March 29, 2010
Tags: Florida, hurricane, McArthur & Company, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
It’s Coming! It’s Coming! Part 2
RavenCon, our local fantasy/science fiction convention, is less than two weeks away and I’m now officially in frenzy mode. This is when I start second-guessing myself. Have I ordered enough books or too many? Will they get here in time? Have I overlooked any authors? Have any signed up so recently that I don’t even [...]
March 28, 2010
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Review: The Gutter and the Grave
The Gutter and the Grave Ed McBain Hard Case Crime/Dorchester, December 2005. Originally published as I’m Cannon – For Hire by Curt Cannon by Hui Corp., 1958. ISBN 9780843955873 Mass Market The name is Cordell. I’m a drunk. I think we’d better get that straight from the beginning. I drink because I want to drink. [...]
March 27, 2010
Tags: Hard Case Crime, hard-boiled, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Einstein’s Tongue–Why to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci
There’s something I encountered in class one day, an idea that somewhat piqued my interest at first. I chose, of my own free will, to investigate minimally further just to satisfy that interest. So much work for a disappointing climax, and in writing, a shameful climax is the last thing one wants to experience. I [...]
March 26, 2010
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Skipping to the End
The other day, Annie handed back an ARC I’d given her. I’m not going to name the book or the author because there’s no sense in ruffling feathers unnecessarily. She got to a certain point in the book when something very dramatic and unexpected happened and this caused her to do something she rarely does—she [...]
March 25, 2010
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Review: The Empire of the Wolves by Jean-Christophe Grange
The Empire of the Wolves Jean-Christophe Grangé HarperCollins, 2006 ISBN 006057366X Trade Paperback The Empire of the Wolves is a French thriller by John Christophe Grange, who is a former French reporter with two prior novels to his credit.  The story’s a complex and gritty tale with a strong Parisian voice. While this book is [...]
March 24, 2010
Tags: dark, HarperCollins, mystery, Paris, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Old Bones and Fresh Bodies
Lillian Stewart Carl has written multiple novels and multiple short stories in multiple combinations of mystery, romance, and paranormal. Her latest book is The Charm Stone, book four of the Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron series: Scotland’s finest and America’s exile on the trail of all-too-living legends. Visit Lillian at her website, http://www.lillianstewartcarl.com/. In my early teens [...]
March 23, 2010
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Book Review: Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn
Thereby Hangs a Tail Spencer Quinn Narrated by Jim Frangione Recorded Books, January 2010 Downloaded Unabridged Audio Book Bernie and Chet run the Little Detective Agency, Bernie being a human P.I. always a bit, or a lot, behind with the bills, and Chet being a four-legged dude who had to drop out of K-9 school. [...]
March 22, 2010
Tags: animal sleuth, Atria, audio, mystery, Recorded Books Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
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