Archive for November, 2010
In Defense of Crazy Cat Ladies
Sunny Frazier, author of the Christy Bristol Astrology Mysteries, returns to lead a serious discussion on a subject near and dear to my heart and to those of multitudes of authors and readers. It’s never happened that a blog owner has asked me to write about my cats. Lelia is apparently a cat lover and [...]
November 30, 2010
Posted in: Guest Blogs 
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Book Review: Canaan’s Gate by Kathryn R. Wall
And the winner is… Congratulations to Joanne Prusak who will soon be reading Death of a Dancing Master by M. E. Kemp! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canaan’s Gate Kathryn R. Wall Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN 0312601840 Hardcover Bay Tanner has a case of the doldrums as we enter Canaan’s Gate – the 10th book in the Bay Tanner [...]
November 29, 2010
Tags: Minotaur, mystery, private investigator Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Guest Reviews No Comments
Crafting Characters
Chris Redding’s next book, Incendiary, will be out in electronic form mid December and out in print in the Spring of 2011. When she isn’t writing, she works part time for her local hospital. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, kids and various animals. This post is an excerpt of a writing workshop [...]
November 28, 2010
Posted in: Guest Blogs 7 Comments
Book Review: Bad Boy by Peter Robinson
Bad Boy Peter Robinson William Morrow, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-0613-6295-8 Hardcover Murphy’s Law seems to apply to the premise behind this novel.  After a well-earned vacation touring the U.S. Southwest and the wonders of LA and San Francisco, DI Banks finds, upon his return to Eastvale, that an old friend has died after police tasered him, [...]
November 27, 2010
Tags: British, mystery, police procedural, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
The Dark Alleys of Boston
Leaving a comment below will earn you an entry into the drawing for a copy of Death of a Dancing Master 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 [...]
November 26, 2010
Posted in: Guest Blogs 17 Comments
Happy Turkey Day!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh, and congratulations to Caroline who won the copy of Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold!!
November 25, 2010
Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller No Comments
Small Business Saturday
Lots of people will be part of the shopping frenzy on Black Friday, day after tomorrow (not me). Some of those lots of people will even be up at ungodly hours—or just never go to bed at all—so they can rush the doors along with like-minded folks in search of that elusive must-have item (again, [...]
November 24, 2010
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My Imaginary Friend, Kiki Lowenstein
Joanna Campbell Slan is the author of eleven non-fiction books and a mystery series featuring Kiki Lowenstein, a down-on-her-luck scrapbooker. Paper, Scissors, Death was a 2009 Agatha Award finalist for Best First Novel. The third book in the series, Photo, Snap, Shot details the shady past of a 132-year-old secret society in St. Louis. Joanna [...]
November 23, 2010
Posted in: Guest Blogs 5 Comments
Teeny 5 Book Reviews
To Hell in a Handbasket Beth Groundwater Five Star, 2009 ISBN 1594147590 Hardcover To Hell in a Handbasket by Beth Groundwater was good, but if you’re looking for a crafty mystery, this isn’t the one to pick. Now if you’re a skier or a mom with a daughter that’s leaving the nest, then this book [...]
November 22, 2010
Tags: adult mystery, Brown and Company, Five Star, kids, Little, middle grade, Scholastic Press, Scribner Book Company, traditional, young adult Posted in: Guest Reviews, Teeny Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin
Kind of Blue Miles Corwin Oceanview Publishing, November 2010 ISBN No. 978-1-60809-007-5 Hardcover Kind of Blue introduces Ash Levine, an LA detective, who quit the department after his witness in a homicide case was murdered. Ash had promised the witness that he would protect her. He has been haunted by guilt since her death. Lieutenant [...]
November 21, 2010
Tags: mystery, Oceanview, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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