Archive for April, 2010
Book Review: Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis
Vienna Secrets Frank Tallis Random House, February 2010 ISBN 9780812980998 Trade Paperback Dr. Max Liebermann is living in Vienna, attending the lectures of Dr. Freud and seeing patients.  He has concerns about his relationship with one of his patients, a woman after whom he lusts but feels compelled not to pursue.  It’s not just the [...]
April 10, 2010
Tags: historical, mystery, Random House, Vienna Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Einstein’s Tongue–Sandwich, Please?
Note from a grandmother: there’s nothing quite like a crabby teenager, especially one who admits he’s crabby. Considering that it is currently noon as I write this, and I haven’t had lunch yet, I’m a bit cranky. So I’ll do my best to minimize contact with you, dear reader, and let you find more positive [...]
April 9, 2010
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Book Review: Bits and Pieces by Annette Mahon
Bits and Pieces Annette Mahon Five Star, January 2010 ISBN 1594148457 Hardcover I have the latest in sewing equipment, including machines that embroider and quilt, so when I see a book that combines my favorite hobbies of reading and sewing, I’m all over it ! Bits and Pieces may be a stretch for me, since [...]
April 8, 2010
Tags: cozy, Five Star, mystery, quilting Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop: Creating and Writing Suspense
Author of seven Margot O’Banion & Max Skull mysteries, Kit Sloane’s offbeat stories chronicle the intricacies of Hollywood filmmaking from the point of view of her protagonist, feature film editor Margot O’Banion and her significant other, director Max Skull. She was the first fiction editor of Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine from 1996-1998. A longtime member [...]
April 6, 2010
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Book Review: Kitty’s House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Kitty’s House of Horrors Carrie Vaughn Grand Central Publishing ISBN 0446199559 Mass Market Kitty and the Midnight Hour had me hooked on Kitty Norville and Carrie Vaughn from page one. Instead of your usual vampire hunter or detective, this urban fantasy heroine was a Denver-based werewolf with a late-night talk radio show for the supernaturals. [...]
April 5, 2010
Tags: dark fantasy, Grand Central, werewolves Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Various & Sundry on This Easter Sunday
Thanks so much to all who entered the drawing for Without Mercy, Lisa Jackson’s latest suspense novel. The winner is Sandi L.—yay! Sandi, email me at catloverlt@gmail.com or cncbooks1@gmail.com with your full name and address and I’ll mail the book right out to you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those Easter Peeps on yesterday’s post? Yeah, they’re real chickens, [...]
April 4, 2010
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Easter Peeps, Sort of
Courtesy of Daily Squee These floofy guys could make you want to raise chickens Is that a distant relative of Big Bird in the middle?
April 3, 2010
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Book Review: The Disappeared by M. R. Hall
The Disappeared M. R. Hall Simon & Schuster, 2009 ISBN 9781439156988 Hardcover Jenny Cooper is a coroner.  Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it?  She declares people dead.  That gets more complicated when there is no body.  Amira Jamal brings a case to Jenny that starts out complicated and only gets more so.  Seven years ago, her [...]
April 2, 2010
Tags: mystery, Simon & Schuster, suspense, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Launch Party: Secrets of the Sands by Leona Wisoker
This Saturday, April 3rd, we’ll be the book seller for Leona Wisoker‘s brand spankin’ new debut, the fantasy Secrets of the Sands. From a purely selfish standpoint, this event is significant for us because it’s the first launch—or author signing—we’ve had the great good fortune to do since we closed the brick & mortar store [...]
April 1, 2010
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