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Book Review: The Alchemy of Murder by Carol McCleary

The Alchemy of Murder Carol McCleary Forge, 2010 ISBN 076532203X Hardcover Born Elizabeth Cochran in Cochran Mills, Pennsylvania, the real life protagonist adopted the name Nellie Bly when she began working as a journalist. In the late 1880s, it was improper and unladylike for a woman to write for a newspaper, therefore, her true identity [...]

September 1, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman

Drink the Tea Thomas Kaufman Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN 031260730X Hardcover Willis Gidney grew up rough.  He grew up homeless, no parents in sight.  A smart kid, he didn’t let that stand in the way of his survival.  Along the way, he ran into a guy named Shadrack Davies, a captain in the D.C. police [...]

August 23, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Mattaponi Queen by Belle Boggs

Mattaponi Queen Belle Boggs Graywolf Press, 2010 ISBN 9781555975586 Trade Paperback “There’s one lady, Nellie Wynn, you know her?” Ronnie asked one day. “Lives over near the post office?” “Yeah,” Skinny said. “That’s my parents’ old place she lives in.” “Oh,” Ronnie said. “It’s a nice house. Every day she offers me a cookie out [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Big Grabowski by Carolyn J. Rose & Mike Nettleton

The Big Grabowski Carolyn J. Rose & Mike Nettleton Krill Press, 2009 ISBN 0982144334 Trade Paperback This is one of the funniest mysteries I’ve ever read! It rates so high on my list of all-time favorite mysteries,  any author will have to go a long way to displace The Big Grabowski. The first few pages [...]

August 19, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Book Review: Mama Gets Hitched

Mama Gets Hitched Deborah Sharp Midnight Ink, July 2010 ISBN 0738719226 Trade Paperback Mama is marrying Sally. Sally is a nice Italian man from New York or some such Yankee place.  Mama is planning the wedding of the decade, no matter that this is not her first, or even fourth, trip down the aisle.  Mace [...]

August 14, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie

The Toughest Indian in the World Sherman Alexie Grove Press, 2001 ISBN 0802138004 Trade Paperback “Are you an Indian?” he asked me. Of course I was. (Jesus, my black hair hung down past my ass and I was dark as a pecan!) I’d grown up on my reservation with my tribe. I understood most of [...]

August 11, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  4 Comments

Book Review: The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard

The Scent of Rain and Lightning Nancy Pickard Ballantine Books, May 2010 ISBN 0345471016 Hardcover When she was three years old, Jody Linder’s father, Hugh-Jay, was murdered and her mother disappeared. Hugh-Jay’s parents, Hugh and Annabelle Linder, along with their two remaining sons, Chase and Bobby as well as daughter Belle and her husband, Meryl [...]

August 7, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Burn by Nevada Barr

Warning: This book deals with the sexual enslavement of children. While Barr does not indulge in graphic, prolonged descriptions, there are scenes near the end that leave little to the imagination. If the subject matter disturbs you, proceed with caution. Burn Nevada Barr Minotaur Books, August 2010 ISBN 9780312614560 Hardcover (ARC) In a city she [...]

August 4, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder by Chris Cavender

Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder Chris Cavender Kensington Publishing, August 2010 ISBN 075822950X Hardcover Eleanor Swift will not let the reputation of A Slice of Delight, her pizza parlor, be sullied by customer complaints or by murder.  When Wade Hatcher, the brother of her delivery guy Greg, is murdered in her kitchen, she won’t rest [...]

August 2, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Who Killed the Curate? by Joan Coggin

Who Killed the Curate? Joan Coggin The Rue Morgue Press, 2001 ISBN 0915230445 Trade Paperback It’s Christmas 1937 and the small English village of Glanville is gearing up for the festivities. Central to the villages activities is Lady Lupin, the lovely scatterbrained wife of Andrew, vicar of St. Marks Parish. Lady Lupin, having come from [...]

July 31, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments