Archive for April, 2011
A Cat Named Little John
Maryann Miller, author of mysteries, screenplays, and teen non-fiction, Â stays active in a number of organizations including Sisters In Crime, The Trails Country Centre For The Arts in Winnsboro, Texas, and was a founding member of The Greater Dallas Writers’ Association. Maryann has been entertaining us with her stories about her feline family and [...]
April 10, 2011
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Book Review: A Sporting Murder by Chester D. Campbell
A Sporting Murder Chester D. Campbell Night Shadows Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9846044-0-1 Trade Paperback In his fifth fictional appearance, Greg McKenzie, a former cop who had worked for 25 years as a special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, has been hired to look into the proposed arrival in Nashville of an [...]
April 9, 2011
Tags: husband and wife, mystery, Nashville, Night Shadows Press, private investigators, sports Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Einstein’s Tongue–Ghosts and Planes: The Question of Ethereality
I remember some time before in which I wrote a blog about contemplating the death of my dear character Ken Koitsu. And in all honesty, it was a true struggle fighting the concept of his death. He was that strong: the man Ken Koitsu could not be so far from “awesomeness” as to die and [...]
April 8, 2011
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Book Review: Kickback by p.m. terrell
Kickback p. m. terrell Chicago Spectrum Press, 2002 ISBN 1879260417 Mass Market Paperback Re-issued by Drake Valley Press, 2002 ISBN 0972818618 0-9728186-1-8-9728186-1-8 Sheila Carpenter is a recent college graduate, a farm girl just starting her career as a computer programmer in the big city, Washington, DC. Recruited by a prestigious computer consulting firm, she’s rented [...]
April 7, 2011
Tags: Chicago Spectrum Press, computer programming, Drake Valley Press, mystery, thriller, Washington DC Posted in: My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Take by Mike Dennis
The Take Mike Dennis L&L Dreamspell, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1603182768 Trade Paperback Eddie Ryan is a small time bookie and not a very good one at that.   Eddie violated the first rule for bookies and that is never let the betting get too one-sided. World Series betting got Eddie in a world of trouble with [...]
April 6, 2011
Tags: Houston, L&L Dreamspell, mystery, New Orleans, noir Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
OH! THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!
Author and returning guest blogger Sunny Frazier stepped into her own fantasy not long ago and is here to tell the tale—wondrous things do happen! Sound familiar? Dr. Seuss wrote the poem as an inspiration and promise to children. Writers go to many places, often inside our heads but sometimes to book signings, conferences, libraries [...]
April 5, 2011
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Book Review: Thrilled to Death by L.J. Sellers
Thrilled to Death L.J. Sellers Echelon Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59080-727-9 Trade Paperback Homicide Detective Wade Jackson, of the Eugene, Oregon Police Department, returns in the newest entry in the series by L.J. Sellers, following her terrific Secrets to Die For and The Sex Club, and this one is every bit as exciting and suspenseful as [...]
April 4, 2011
Tags: Echelon Press, mystery, Pacific Northwest, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
How Paranormal Is It?
Peg Herring writes historical and contemporary mysteries. She loves everything about publishing, even editing (most days). Peg’s historical series, The Simon and Elizabeth Mysteries, debuted in 2010 to great reviews and the second in the series will be available in November from Five Star. In the meantime, Peg has ventured into the paranormal mystery field [...]
April 3, 2011
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Book Review: The President’s Vampire by Christopher Farnsworth
The President’s Vampire Christopher Farnsworth G. P. Putnam’s Sons, May 2011 ISBN 978-0-399-15739-4 Hardcover (ARC) Cade and Barrow are back, once again fighting creatures that one never encounters in even the most comprehensive zoo. Barrow refers to these monsters as Snakeheads, although they are really some kind of combination of human, reptile, and amphibian. They [...]
April 2, 2011
Tags: CIA, conspiracy theories, covert agents, dark fantasy/horror, G. P. Putnam, mystery, supernatural thriller, vampire Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Aztec Mythology and Mexican Catholicism Blend in VIPER
A former producer with Wisconsin Public Radio, John Desjarlais teaches journalism and English at Kishwaukee College in northern Illinois. His first novel, The Throne of Tara (Crossway 1990, re-released 2000), was a Christianity Today Readers Choice Award nominee, and his medieval thriller, Relics (Thomas Nelson 1993, re-released 2009) was a Doubleday Book Club Selection. Bleeder and [...]
April 1, 2011
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