Archive for March, 2011
Ted Feit’s Book Review Roundup
Burn Nevada Barr Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-61456-0 Hardcover It is likely that fans of the Anna Pigeon series might be put off by several aspects of this novel. Â To begin with, it takes place in the urban setting of New Orleans rather than the accustomed [for this series] wide open spaces of a national [...]
March 31, 2011
Tags: Canada, Cleveland, forensic scientist, Harper, horse racing, Mafia, medium-boiled, Minotaur, mystery, New Orleans, Penguin, police procedural, RendezVous Crime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sicily, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: The Terror of Living by Urban Waite
The Terror of Living Urban Waite Little, Brown and Company, 2011 ISBN No. 978-0316097895 Hardcover (ARC) Deputy Bobby Drake has returned to his hometown, Silver Lake, Washington, and is following in the footsteps of his father who was also a lawman. The difference is that Bobby’s father supplemented his income by dealing with illicit deliveries [...]
March 30, 2011
Tags: Little Brown, mountain chase, mystery, police procedural, smuggling, thriller, Washington Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Lag Time
Clea Simon has recently discovered that she is incapable of writing a book without a cat in it. The author of three nonfiction books and, now, three mystery series, she celebrates the release next month of Dogs Don’t Lie (Poisoned Pen Press), her first “pet noir” (which, despite the beleaguered dog of the title, also [...]
March 29, 2011
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Book Review: Murder in Montmartre by Cara Black
Murder in Montmartre Cara Black Soho Press, 2006 ISBN 1569474109 Hardcover (ARC) Also available in trade paperback On the wide, shop-lined Boulevard de Clichy by the Moulin Rouge, its garish neon now dark, plumes of bus exhaust spiraled into the air. A straggling demonstration blocked the street as loudspeakers shouted, “Corsica for Corsicans!” Waiting passengers [...]
March 28, 2011
Tags: Corsican separatist movement, France, mystery, Paris neighborhood, private detective, Soho Press Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
My Mews
Steve Liskow has published several short stories, and “Stranglehold” appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine after winning the Black Orchid Novella Award for 2009. His first novel, Who Wrote The Book of Death?, came out last spring. A former English teacher, he still conducts writing workshops and is a contributor to Now Write! Mystery, Thrillers [...]
March 27, 2011
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Book Review: Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Gideon’s Sword Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, February 2011 ISBN No. 978-044656432 Hardcover (ARC) At the age of twelve, Gideon Crew watched as his father was murdered. Gideon’s father was accused of treason and gunned down. A failed intelligence project was blamed on Gideon’s father. At the age of twenty-four Gideon learned [...]
March 26, 2011
Tags: anti-hero, covert ops, Grand Central Publishing, mystery, revenge, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Einstein’s Tongue–I Am Dog
“Tennis balls is nice,” said Clara. “Wait”, barked Clara. No… Wagged Clara’s tail. “Throw it now.” “Food is nice too. It feeds me and gives my belly that un-gurgly feeling. Unless I throw it up and then I need to clean up the mess I made so I don’t get in trouble.” “I like bugs. [...]
March 25, 2011
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The Luck of the Draw!
And the winner of Indefensible by Pamela Callow is…drum roll, please… Kayla! Yeehah, Kayla, and thanks to everyone else who entered the drawing. Stay tuned for more giveaways very soon
March 24, 2011
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Book Reviews: Gloria Feit X 3
Trick of the Dark Val McDermid Little, Brown, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4087-0201-7 Hardcover [This book is presently available only in/through the UK and Canada, not available in the US at this time] As the book opens, Dr. Charlotte [“Charlie”] Flint finds her professional life as a forensic psychiatrist in tatters, her reputation destroyed, and awaiting a [...]
March 23, 2011
Tags: Atlantic Monthly Press, British, FBI, Little Brown (UK), Mira Books, mystery, occult, Oxford, police procedural, serial killer, South Africa, standalone, suspense, Tennessee Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
An Interview With Pamela Callow
Leaving a comment below will enter you in a drawing for a copy of Indefensible. Inspired by a criminal case in the United States, and drawing on her professional career at a blue-chip firm, Pamela Callow wrote Damaged, the first of four planned books in the Kate Lange series. Damaged was released by MIRA Books [...]
March 22, 2011
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