Archive for August, 2011
Book Reviews: Negative Image by Vicki Delany, Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow, and Bloodline by Mark Billingham
Negative Image Vicki Delany Poisoned Pen Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59508-790-4 Trade Paperback Also available in hardcover With each entry in the Constable Molly Smith-Trafalgar City Police Sergeant John Winters series, the plots become more sophisticated, the character development deeper, and the relationships more complicated. In this, the fourth novel in the mystery series, all these [...]
August 31, 2011
Tags: Alaska, Aleut, British Columbia Canada, London, Mounties, Mulholland Books, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, private detective, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Imagine That
Kathleen Delaney, author of And Murder for Dessert and other books, retired from real estate to pursue writing full time. Her long time love of small towns sent her looking through the Carolinaās for a new place to settle, Gaffney. Limestone College, a delightful historic district, and great library immediately drew her in. She lives [...]
August 30, 2011
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Book Review: County Line by Bill Cameron
County Line Bill Cameron Tyrus Books, June 2011 ISBN No.Ā 9781935562351 Hardcover Also available in trade paperback Skin Kadash returns home after spending a month in a retreat called Last Homely House.Ā Last Homely House is a bed and breakfast where Skin has been recuperating from a near-fatal gunshot wound.Ā Skin has been following doctorās [...]
August 29, 2011
Tags: California, mystery, Ohio, Oregon, retired cop, suspense, Tyrus Books Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A Madman’s Rampage In A Peaceful Land
Jeanne Matthews was born and raised in Georgia, where owning a gun is required by law in certain places and āhe needed killingā is a valid legal defense to homicide.Ā Jeanneās debut novel, Bones of Contention, published in June, 2010 by Poisoned Pen Press, features a conniving Georgia clan plopped down in the wilds of [...]
August 28, 2011
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Book Review: Nazareth Child by Darrell James
Nazareth Child Darrell James Midnight Ink, September 2011 ISBN 978-0-7387-2369-3 Trade Paperback A young woman searching for her mother. A federal agent down on his luck. A religious āhealerā overseeing his own community. Thatās the premise of Jamesā first novel. Mostly set in Kentucky, the story is a search for answers and a time of [...]
August 27, 2011
Tags: faith healer, federal agents, Kentucky, Midnight Ink, mystery, private investigator, religious cult Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Listen To Your Reader
Born and raised in Southern California, Marja McGraw worked in both criminal and civil law enforcement and calls on her experience when writing. Ā She eventually relocated to Northern Nevada where she worked for the Nevada Department of Transportation.Ā Marja also did a stint in Oregon where she worked for the Jackson County Sheriffās Office and [...]
August 26, 2011
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Book Review: Fourth Day by Zoe Sharp
Fourth Day Zoe Sharp Pegasus Books, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-6059-8121-5 Hardcover Fourth Day is the name of a once subversive organization formed in the 1960′s and known for its cult-like origins, but claiming to work wonders especially with vulnerable adolescents [and others] with delinquency and drug addiction problems. Ā It has more recently been headed by one [...]
August 25, 2011
Tags: California, close protection, cults, mystery, Pegasus Books, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Ghost Story Jim Butcher Roc, July 2011 ISBN 9780451463791 Hardcover Last year, Jim Butcher left Harry Dresden fans with the mother of all cliffhangers. Our favorite wizard, Harry Dresden, was critically wounded by a gunshot, bleeding copiously, and falling into the icy cold waters of Lake Michigan. This ending was worse than the infamous Dallas [...]
August 24, 2011
Tags: Chicago, dark fantasy, Dresden Files, mystery, Roc, wizard detective Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Don’t Move! Or Dieā¦
Nancy Means Wright has published 16 books, including 5 mystery novels from St Martinās Press, and most recently two historicals: The Nightmare: A Mystery with Mary Wollstonecraft (Perseverance Press,ā11) and its prequel, Midnight Fires,ā10). Her childrenās mysteries received both an Agatha Award and Agatha nomination. Short stories have appeared in American Literary Review, Ellery Queen [...]
August 23, 2011
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Book Reviews: Outwitting Trolls by William G. Tapply, Gideon’s War by Howard Gordon, and The Whisperers by John Connolly
Outwitting Trolls William G. Tapply Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-53127-0 Hardcover Unfortunately, this is the final Brady Coyne novel. Ā It was completed shortly before William G. Tapplyās death last year. Ā He left behind a substantial body of work, including 25 books in the Brady Coyne series alone. Ā Mr. Tapply was a masterful storyteller. Ā Reading his [...]
August 22, 2011
Tags: Boston, Canada, international terrorism, legal suspense, Maine, Minotaur Books, mystery, Pocket Books, political thriller, private detective, Southeast Asia, supernatural, Touchstone, Washington DC Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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