Archive for March, 2010
The Ghost of Crime Wave Past
We went to Crime Wave yesterday. Crime Wave is the day at the Virginia Festival of the Book that is dedicated to mystery. Since its inception in March 2002, Creatures ‘n Crooks was the bookseller on site. It was a huge deal for us and, because the Festival is in Charlottesville, about 70 miles away, [...]
March 21, 2010
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A Cute Overload Treasure
Who needs another BOOOORING photo of penguins? Look over here! As seen on Cute Overload . Yes, looking at sites like this is just one of the many ways I can avoid doing work of any sort
March 20, 2010
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Review: The Little Death by P.J. Parrish
The Little Death P.J. Parrish Pocket Books, February 2010 ISBN 9781416525899 Mass Market Louis Kincaid finds himself working a case in the heart of a place he isn’t comfortable: Palm Beach, Florida.  There are so many obvious reasons for him to feel out of place: skin color, finances, attitude, etc.  He’s not happy about being [...]
March 19, 2010
Tags: mystery, Pocket, private eye, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
Becoming Mary Wollstonecraft: Vive la Révolution!
Nancy Means Wright has published 14 books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including 5 adult mystery novels (St. Martin’s Press), a novella (Worldwide Library), a YA novel (E.P. Dutton), an historical novel, Midnight Fires (forthcoming in ’10 from Perseverance Press); and two mysteries for young people, The Pea Soup Poisonings won the ’06 Agatha Award [...]
March 18, 2010
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Book Review: Men and Dogs by Katie Crouch
Men and Dogs Katie Crouch Little, Brown and Company, 2010 ISBN 0316002135 Hardcover (ARC) Both people and place serve in characters in this mystery which moves with the elegance and charm of a Southern drawl. As teenagers, Hannah and Palmer lost their father, Dr. Buzz Legare in a boating accident. While their Mom, Daisy, was [...]
March 17, 2010
Tags: Charleston, Little Brown, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Writing the Historical Mystery
M. E. Kemp was born in Oxford, MA in 1713 — ooops, that’s when her family settled in Oxford, the first English settlement of the town after a try by the Huguenots (French Protestants fleeing from executions by the French King.) Â Kemp’s family still live in the town, where her roots run deep. Â The [...]
March 16, 2010
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Book Review: UR by Stephen King
UR Stephen King Simon & Schuster Audio, February 2010 ISBN 1442303093 Unabridged Audio Book Read by Holter Graham An English professor named Wesley gets dumped by his girlfriend and is driven by despair to purchase a Kindle although he has never wanted one. Strange things start to happen, beginning with the fact that it arrives [...]
March 15, 2010
Tags: audio book, horror, Simon & Schuster Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag by Alan Bradley
The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag Alan Bradley Random House, March 2010 ISBN 9780385342315 Hardcover Flavia de Luce is an odd duck, there’s just no getting around that.  She’s odd in ways that speak to the insecure in most people: she contemplates her funeral, she believes that nobody cares for her, she is curious [...]
March 14, 2010
Tags: British, mystery, post-WWII historical, Random House Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Stirring Up Strife by Jennifer Stanley
Stirring Up Strife Jennifer Stanley Minotaur Books, January 2010 ISBN 0312376855 Mass Market Paperback Cooper Lee is a bit unusual in that she repairs copy machines for a living, something that’s normally done by men, but in other ways she’s just like many other people—attempting to recover from a bad breakup, living with her parents [...]
March 13, 2010
Tags: cozy, Minotaur, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Einstein’s Tongue–Verse 1 of 1,000,000
This is the first of what I hope will be many blog posts by Drew Taylor—check out his bio at the top of the page under Einstein’s Tongue. This is the first time. I can’t say it’s the last because, frankly, that’s not true. Bear with my rambling. I’ve never blogged before, and not everything [...]
March 12, 2010
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