Archive for the ‘Full Reviews’ Category
Book Review: Death Along the Spirit Road by C. M. Wendelboe
Death Along the Spirit Road C. M. Wendelboe Berkley Prime Crime, March 2011 ISBN 978-0-425-24002-1 Trade Paperback FBI agent Manny Tanno has been called to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to solve the murder of Jason Red Cloud, a Lakota Sioux land developer. The investigation puts him right back where he began his career in [...]
December 26, 2011
Tags: FBI agent, Lakota Sioux, land developer, mystery, Native American, reservation, South Dakota Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: Just Deserts by Jinx Schwartz
Just Deserts Jinx Schwartz Self-published, October 2011 Ebook available on Nook, Kindle and elsewhere Needing some ready cash to get her beloved boat bottom fixed, Hetta takes a new job at a copper mine close to the Arizona border in Cananea,Mexico. In Hetta’s words, “And, presto change, I was off on another adventure, and this [...]
December 22, 2011
Tags: humor, Mexico, mystery, nautical, Self-published Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Covenant by Dean Crawford
Covenant Dean Crawford Touchstone Books, October 2011 ISBN 9781451628531 Hardcover What if you had nothing to lose? However, what if you had everything to gain? What if you were a party to discovering a secret going back millennia, possibly to the beginning of the rise of mankind? Of course, you know there will be others [...]
December 19, 2011
Tags: action adventure, archaeologist, extraterrestrial, Israel, missing person, thriller, Touchstone Books, war correspondent, Washington DC Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Scared to Death by Wendy Corsi Staub, The Nomination by William G. Tapply and Agent X by Noah Boyd
Scared to Death Wendy Corsi Staub Avon, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-18950-7-4 Mass Market Paperback The first murder in Wendy Corsi Staub’s newest thriller occurs on page 7, and the suspense hardly lets up from that point on. Marin Quinn gave up her newborn son at the insistence of her husband, Garvey Quinn.  Elsa Cavalon adopted [...]
December 17, 2011
Tags: Avon, Boston, FBI, Manhattan, missing child, mystery, political suspense, private detective, Skyhorse Publishing, Supreme Court, suspense, treason, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews x 5 by Ted Feit
Electric Barracuda Tim Dorsey Wm. Morrow, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-061-87689-9 Hardcover Attempting to review a Serge A. Storm novel is no small chore, it is a monumental task, because there is no possible way to provide even a modicum of a synopsis. Â But one can always provide one conclusion, and this 13th novel in the [...]
December 15, 2011
Tags: California, criminal informant, criminal protagonist, drugs, Dutton, England, Florida, forensic archaeologist, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, humor, Knopf, mystery, noir, Norway, police procedural, political corruption, prison life, profiler, serial killer, SilverOak/Sterling, Sweden, thriller, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Chomp Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, March 2012 ISBN 978-0-375-86842-9 Hardcover (ARC) Teenager Wahoo Cray doesn’t live the life of the average kid. Having a dad who’s a wildlife wrangler with a private zoo, Wahoo has grown up with alligators, monkeys, birds of all sorts, giant tortoises, snakes, you name it. [...]
December 14, 2011
Tags: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Florida Everglades, humor, kids, mystery, reality TV, suspense, wildlife Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
The Dog Who Knew Too Much Spencer Quinn Atria Books, September 2011 ISBN 978-1-4391-5709-1 Hardcover (eARC) Chet and Bernie of the Little Detective Agency are on the case again, this time in search of a little boy who has gone missing from a wilderness camp up in the mountains. The boy’s mom, Anya, had hired [...]
December 13, 2011
Tags: animal sleuth, Atria Books, humor, mystery, private investigator, Western US Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Review: The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley
The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley Sourcebooks Landmark, December 2010 ISBN 9781402241376 Trade Paperback Also available in ebook format Being a big fan of historical fiction I was excited to dive right into this book. First of all, I want to say that this is a beautifully written book and I loved the atmospheric scenes of [...]
December 12, 2011
Tags: fantasy, genetic memory, historical fiction, romance, Scotland, Sourcebooks Landmark, time travel Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: A Case of Hometown Blues by W.S. Gager
A Case of Hometown Blues W.S. Gager Dark Oak Mysteries, July 2011 ISBN 9781610090179 Trade Paperback They say you can’t go home again. For an ace reporter, maybe it’s a case of you shouldn’t go home. Gager’s latest book about Pulitzer Prize nominee Mitch Malone is chock full of small town scandals, lies, secrets, and [...]
December 10, 2011
Tags: Dark Oak Mysteries, journalist, mystery, small town Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Poison, Your Grace by Peg Herring
Poison, Your Grace A Simon & Elizabeth Mystery Peg Herring Five Star, November 2011 ISBN No. 978-1432825362 Hardcover Simon Maldon’s life is much different now. He previously spent a lot of time at Hampstead Castle when Princess Elizabeth was staying there. The two had several adventures during that period. Then Elizabeth’s father passed away and [...]
December 8, 2011
Tags: Elizabeth, historical, mystery, royals, science fiction Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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