Archive for January, 2011
Book Review: Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker
Bruno, Chief of Police Martin Walker Vintage Books, 2010 Originally published in the UK in 2008 by Quercus Books ISBN 9780307454690 Trade Paperback Suddenly Bruno noticed something odd. After every previous parade, whether it was for the eighth of May, or the eighteenth of June, when de Gaulle launched Free France, or the fourteenth of [...]
January 9, 2011
Tags: France, mystery, police procedural, Vintage Books Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: Next Time You See Me by Katia Lief
Next Time You See Me Katia Lief Avon Books, November 2010 ISBN No. 978-0061809040 Mass Market Paperback Karin Schaeffer has endured a lot of tragedy in her life. Her husband and little girl were both murdered and the killer stalked Karin but that is in her past and she hopes to leave the danger and [...]
January 8, 2011
Tags: Avon Books, mystery, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Cemetery Tales
Casey Daniels has written forty-five books, including historical and contemporary romance, the Cooking Class mysteries (as Miranda Bliss) and of course, the Pepper Martin mysteries. She lives in northeast Ohio and is currently writing Pepper Martin mystery #8. In September, she’ll debut the Button Box Mysteries with Button Holed, a book about a woman who [...]
January 7, 2011
Posted in: Guest Blogs 11 Comments
Book Review: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
Ghost Town (Morganville Vampires #9) Rachel Caine New American Library, October 2010 ISBN 0451231619 Hardcover Ghost Town is the ninth book so far in the Morganville Vampire series. The basis is Claire Danvers, girl genius, who wanted to go to MIT on early entry, but her parents sent her closer to home to Texas Plains [...]
January 6, 2011
Tags: dark fantasy, New American Library, vampires, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Writing Chill Waters
As well as penning Award-winning suspense novels including Chill Waters, Nowhere To Hide and Listen to the Shadows, Joan Hall Hovey‘s articles and short stories have appeared in such diverse publications as The Reader, Atlantic Advocate, The Toronto Star, Mystery Scene, True Confessions, Home Life magazine, Seek and various other magazines and newspapers. Her short story, “Dark [...]
January 4, 2011
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Book Review: Chicago Blues, edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann
Chicago Blues By Twenty-one Chicago Blues Artists Edited by Libby Fischer Hellmann Bleak House Books, October 2007 Hardcover Chicago, like most large cities anywhere in the world, is really two or more cities. Â It exists in different times and sometimes in different universes, even while occupying the same real estate. Â Daytimes the people of the [...]
January 3, 2011
Tags: anthology, Bleak House Books, mystery, noir Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
My Favorite Books Of 2010
These are at the top of my list of books read in 2010, books that caught me and kept me— 1.  The Breach by Patrick Lee—Thirty years ago, in a facility buried beneath a vast Wyoming emptiness, an experiment gone awry accidentally opened a door. It is the world’s best-kept secret–and its most terrifying. Trying [...]
January 2, 2011
Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller 3 Comments
A Furry Happy New Year To You!
Cheers from all our friends— ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy 2011 to Everyone!!
January 1, 2011
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