Archive for February, 2011
Book Review: Too Many Clients by David Walker
Too Many Clients David Walker Severn House, 2010 ISBN:9780727869302 Hardcover Another sparkling crime novel in the Wild Onion series. It’s always a pleasure to open a book knowing you are in the hands of an experienced storyteller. Author David Walker has been around the block a few times and he has the accolades to show [...]
February 28, 2011
Tags: Chicago, mystery, private investigator, Severn House, Wild Onion Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Not Just Your Everyday Cat
Maryann Miller started her writing career as a journalist and amassed credits for feature articles and short fiction in numerous national and regional publications. She went on to write a number of nonfiction books, including the award-winning, Coping With Weapons and Violence in School and on Your Streets. Play It Again, Sam, a woman’s novel [...]
February 27, 2011
Posted in: Guest Blogs 5 Comments
Book Review: Fever of the Bone by Val McDermid
Fever of the Bone Val McDermid Harper, 2010 ISBN 978-006198648-2 Trade Paperback Val McDermid‘s latest Carol Jordan/Tony Hill novel more than lives up to the expectations raised by the previous books in the series. Â DCI Carol Jordan now heads up her own elite Major Incident Team, handling current as well as cold cases, but the [...]
February 26, 2011
Tags: British, criminal profiler, Harper, mystery, police procedural, psychologist Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
The Borders Conundrum
The demise of Borders has been roiling around in my mind and, like many, I have very mixed feelings about it. The big publishers and wholesalers are being very quiet about it but we know they have huge outstanding bills with Borders so they’re probably thinking they have little chance of being paid, this when [...]
February 25, 2011
Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller 11 Comments
Book Review: The Priest’s Graveyard by Ted Dekker
The Priest’s Graveyard Ted Dekker Center Street, Hatchette Book Group, April 19, 2011 ISBN No. 978-1599953342 Hardcover (ARC) The Priest’s Graveyard is a very different book. The characters are unique and the story line very unusual. Two people from very different backgrounds meet and join forces to reach a common goal. Danny Hansen is a [...]
February 24, 2011
Tags: Hachette, mystery, suspense, vigilantes Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Prince of Bryanae by Jeffrey Getzin
Prince of Bryanae Jeffrey Getzin CreateSpace, December 2010 ISBN 1451525753 Trade Paperback Elven Captain Willow lives her life by discipline. She expects nothing less from those around her. Little does anyone realize how fragile that strong surface is beneath. Childhood terrors are the worst. When people from the horde who’d taken over Willow’s birth kingdom [...]
February 23, 2011
Tags: CreateSpace, elves, fantasy Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A Letter to Borders
Sunny Frazier has been publishing both fiction and nonfiction since 1972. She is a Navy veteran, earned a BA in Journalism, and wrote for a newspaper before joining the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department. During her 17 year career in law enforcement, 11 of them were spent working with an undercover narcotics team. Frazier is also [...]
February 22, 2011
Posted in: Guest Blogs 34 Comments
Book Review: Next Time You See Me by Katia Lief
Next Time You See Me Katia Lief Avon, November 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-18090-4-0 Mass Market Paperback Katia Lief’s first book, the thrilling You Are Next, was published by Avon in October of 2010.; this novel, a sequel, one short month later.  Inasmuch as it picks up four years after the end of the first book, everything [...]
February 21, 2011
Tags: Avon, mystery, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: In Harm’s Way by Ridley Pearson
In Harm’s Way Ridley Pearson G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-399-15654-0 Hardcover This is a very complex novel, with the plot criss-crossing along with the unfathomable emotions of the various characters, much of them unexplained and merely put forward in exposition.  Also unusual are the almost non-existent descriptions of beautiful Sun Valley and its environment, [...]
February 20, 2011
Tags: G. P. Putnam, homicide detective, mystery, police procedural, Seattle, sheriff, Sun Valley Idaho Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Machete by Nick Brownlee
Machete Nick Brownlee Piatkus, 2010 ISBN #978-0-7499-4256-4 Trade Paperback [This book is presently available only in/through the UK and Canada, not available in the US at this time] As this book opens, it is Christmas morning in Mombasa, and a nine-year-old boy opens a box he finds under his tree, only to discover to his [...]
February 19, 2011
Tags: Kenya, mystery, Piatkus, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
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