Archive for January, 2012
Seeing What Writers Write And Why
Jeffrey Marks was born in Georgetown, Ohio, the boyhood home of Ulysses S. Grant. Although he moved with his family at an early age, the family frequently told stories about Grant and the people of the small farming community. At the age of twelve, he was introduced to the works of Agatha Christie via her [...]
January 31, 2012
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Book Review: The Cleveland Creep by Les Roberts
The Cleveland Creep Les Roberts Gray & Company Publishers, May 2011 ISBN 9781598510713 Hardcover Cleveland’s favorite private investigator is back for another riveting case. Milan Jacovich explores the northeast Ohio metropolis and winds up gaining a new friend while losing a few others. Still, he keeps his sense of humor and salute to the city [...]
January 30, 2012
Tags: Cleveland, Gray & Company Publishers, missing person, mystery, private detective Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
My Favorite Books Of 2011—And We Have A Winner!
Judythe Morgan is the lucky winner of Underdead by Liz Jasper. Congratulations and happy reading, Judythe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My 2011 list of books that enticed and tantalized me wasn’t easy to come up with but here they are with my great thanks to all these authors and publishers— 1.  Hounded by Kevin Hearne (Del Rey Books)—Atticus [...]
January 29, 2012
Tags: Angry Robot, Atria Books, Del Rey Books, Egmont, HarperCollins, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Minotaur Books, Self-published, Tanglewood Press Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Tales of a Bookseller No Comments
Do Books Make You Hungry Or Is It Just Me?
Liz Jasper always enjoyed writing, but in college and graduate school dutifully studied things that would make her “marketable.” Fortunately, she loved her stint as a middle school science teacher (most of the time), her time working as a business analyst and still really enjoys her most recent career switch into financial planning. And yet…while [...]
January 27, 2012
Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Guest Blogs 20 Comments
Book Review: Adrien English Mysteries by Josh Lanyon
Adrien English Mysteries Josh Lanyon Loose ID, May 2007 ISBN 978-1-59632-465-7 Ebook This edition contains the first two novels in the series, Fatal Shadows and A Dangerous Thing. Fatal Shadows introduces us to Adrien English, who lives above his Old Pasadena bookstore and is rudely awakened one morning by a pair of detectives, Chan and [...]
January 26, 2012
Tags: bookseller, California, GLBT, Loose ID, mystery, police procedural, romance, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Naked Heat by Richard Castle
Naked Heat Richard Castle Hyperion, April 2011 ISBN 9780786891368 Mass Market Paperback “All right, fellas, I’ve got my first odd sock.” The detective’s approach to a crime scene, even one in this much disarray, was to simplify her field of view. She pared everything down to getting inside the logic of the life that was [...]
January 25, 2012
Tags: fictional author, Hyperion, mystery, New York, police procedural, TV show Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
You’ve Changed—Has Your Website?
Returning guest blogger Sunny Frazier, whose first novel in the Christy Bristol Astrology Mysteries, Fools Rush In, received the Best Novel Award from Public Safety Writers Association, is here to remind us all that freshness is not just important for food. sunny69@comcast.net http://www.sunnyfrazier.com http://www.oaktreebooks.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Websites are now as important for establishing identity as a [...]
January 24, 2012
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Book Review: A Question of Fire by Karen McCullough
A Question of Fire Karen McCullough Kindle, February 2011 Also available in trade paperback Re-issue of an out-of-print edition Cathy Bennett gets stuck with what she considered an assignment from hell when she gets stuck filling in for the society page editor at her paper. A self-described social klutz, and much happier with her usual [...]
January 23, 2012
Tags: attorney, ebook, journalist, missing evidence, mystery, romantic suspense, Self-published Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews One Comment
Setting As Inspiration
Nancy J. Cohen is an award-winning author who writes romance and mysteries. Her popular Bad Hair Day series features hairdresser Marla Shore, who solves crimes with wit and style under the sultry Florida sun. Several titles in this series have made the IMBA bestseller list, while Nancy’s imaginative sci-fi romances have garnered rave reviews. Her [...]
January 22, 2012
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Book Reviews: Vanish by Tess Gerritsen and Vanish In Plain Sight by Marta Perry
Vanish Tess Gerritsen Ballantine Books, 2006 ISBN 0345476980 Mass Market Paperback Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles receives a big shock when the Jane Doe in her morgue suddenly opens her eyes. Jane Doe is rushed to the hospital but before her identity can be discovered, she shoots a security guard and seizes hostages. One of [...]
January 21, 2012
Tags: Amish, Ballantine Books, book illustrator, Boston, FBI, Harlequin Books, hostage, medical examiner, mystery, Pennsylvania, police procedural, romantic suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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