Archive for July, 2011
Book Review: Someone’s Watching by Sharon Potts
Someone’s Watching Sharon Potts Oceanview Publishing, 2011 ISBN No. 978-1608090136 Hardcover Robbie Ivy thinks that she has her life simplified. No longer a CPA she is now a bartender who makes jewelry on the side. Jeremy Stroeb who played a big part in Robbie’s life has gone his way and Robbie has gone hers. She [...]
July 11, 2011
Tags: Florida, missing person, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews 
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More Than Middle Earth
P.L. Blair & Shilo P.L. Blair was born and grew up in Tyler, Texas; lived 10 years in the Corpus Christi/Rockport area before moving to Sheridan, Wyo., in the mid-1980s. She returned to Rockport in 2008 to be closer to family, but she continues to spend summers in Sheridan. She has worked for more than [...]
July 10, 2011
Posted in: Guest Blogs 9 Comments
Book Reviews Ted Feit-Style
Iron River T. Jefferson Parker NAL, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-451-23242-7 Trade Paperback, A temporary assignment to an ATFE task force for Deputy sheriff Charlie Parker to stem the tide of illegal arms and money flowing across the U.S.-Mexican border gives rise to eerie insights into law enforcement from San Diego to Corpus Christie and, in addition, [...]
July 9, 2011
Tags: death penalty, Doubleday, drug and gun trade, England, forensics, gang crime, Grove Press, legal thriller, Minotaur, mystery, NAL, noir, Northern Ireland, police procedural, Soho Crime, Texas, US-Mexico border, Vermont Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Out Of Touch
Rat’s fanny, dropped again. Seven days at the beach. Seven days with family and friends. Seven days of a little bit of heaven. Seven days with little or no internet access. I know I’m an internet addict, although not as bad as some. My daily routine includes reading the news, checking email (five addresses) and [...]
July 8, 2011
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Fractal Storytelling
Karen McCullough is the author of ten published novels in the mystery, romantic suspense, and fantasy genres and has won numerous awards, including an Eppie Award for fantasy. She’s also been a four-time Eppie finalist, and a finalist in the Prism, Dream Realm, Rising Star, Lories, Scarlett Letter, and Vixen Awards contests. Her short fiction [...]
July 7, 2011
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Book Review: Circle of Assassins by Steven Rigolosi
Circle of Assassins Steven Rigolosi Ransom Notes Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0-9773787-4-6 Trade Paperback A very unique, thought-provoking book and certainly not your every day mystery but one I will be thinking about for sometime. An ad is placed in the paper entitled Revenge Is Sweet! The contact is A at a PO Box. After sorting [...]
July 6, 2011
Tags: favor killing, mystery, psychological thriller, Ransom Notes Press Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
Where In The World Do You Get Your Ideas?
Donna Andrews was born in Yorktown, Virginia and now lives in Reston, Virginia. The Real Macaw (July 2011, Minotaur) is the thirteenth book in her Agatha and Anthony winning Meg Langslow series. She has also written four books in the Turing Hopper series from Berkley Prime Crime. For more information: http://donnaandrews.com Readers often ask writers “Where [...]
July 5, 2011
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CELEBRATE!!!
The winner of The Fat Lady Sings by Kit Sloane is Elaine Charton! YeeHah!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
July 4, 2011
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Book Review: Years of Red Dust by Qiu Xiaolong
Years of Red Dust Qiu Xiaolong St. Martin’s Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-62809-3 Hardcover The author of the Inspector Chen series, which usually portrayed incisive pictures of Chinese culture and politics, turns his attention to another form of literature:  these short stories which mirror the changes in the country from 1949 and the beginning of the [...]
July 3, 2011
Tags: general fiction, Shanghai, short stories, St. Martin's Press Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Writing for the Ages
Chris Eboch is the author of 13 books for young people. Her novels for ages nine and up include The Eyes of Pharaoh, a mystery in ancient Egypt; The Well of Sacrifice, a Mayan adventure; and the Haunted series, which starts with The Ghost on the Stairs. Her book Advanced Plotting, due out July 20, [...]
July 1, 2011
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