Archive for the ‘Guest Reviews’ Category
Book Review: A Place of Forgetting by Carolyn J. Rose
A Place of Forgetting Carolyn J. Rose Carolyn J. Rose, September 2011 Ebook Also available in trade paperback This novel could be classified as Young Adult in that the protagonist is just nineteen, I certainly remember the 1960’s as a teenager, but it’s meaty enough to also be classified as literary women’s fiction. Nothing seems [...]
February 1, 2012
Tags: ebook, general fiction, MIA, Self-published, Vietnam War Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews 
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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
Book Review: Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker
Mercury’s Rise Ann Parker Poisoned Pen Press, November 2011 ISBN #987-1590580963-2 Trade paperback (also available in hardcover) I love a good historical, and if it’s an American historical—all the better. I am very pleased to say that this is the best historical I’ve read all year. The fourth in the Silver Rush Series set in [...]
December 28, 2011
Tags: 1880 Colorado, health resort, historical, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews One Comment
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: 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: Uneasy Spirits by M. Louisa Locke
Uneasy Spirits M. Louisa Locke Kindle Edition, October 2011 http://tinyurl.com/88uydoc Also available in other ebook formats ISBN 978-1466373549 Trade Paperback This is Ms. Locke’s delightful sequel to Maids of Misfortune, and the second in the Annie Fuller historical mystery series. Set in the late 1800’s in one of my favorite cities, San Francisco, California, I [...]
November 19, 2011
Tags: historical, mystery, San Francisco, Self-published, spiritualism Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Little Women Letters by Gabrielle Donnelly
The Little Women Letters Gabrielle Donnelly Touchstone, June 2011 ISBN 978-1-4516-1718-4 Hardcover In this cleverly written novel, the author weaves letters from a fictional Louisa May Alcott character, Jo March, between the pages of a contemporary story that involves her great-great granddaughters, Emma, Sophie and Lulu. The entire family is blissfully happy, being born from [...]
November 1, 2011
Tags: contemporary, family, general fiction, historical, Touchstone Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Little Elvises by Tim Hallinan
Little Elvises Tim Hallinan Hallinan Consulting, LLC, August 2011 E-Book I became a fan when the first Junior Bender e-book Crashed, came up on Amazon. If you like your suspense tightly constructed, the dialogue and characters hilarious, then this is a must read new series. Junior has once again caught the attention of the LAPD, [...]
September 8, 2011
Tags: burglar, fixer, Hallinan Consulting, Los Angeles, missing persons, music industry, mystery Posted in: Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl
Dumpster Dying Lesley A. Diehl Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries, 2011 ISBN 978-1-51009-006-3 Trade Paperback Emily Rhodes is, as Detective Stanton Lewis likes to think, “Not much bigger than one of Santa’s Elves.” She’s petite and blond, cute as a button, on the young side of fifty and on the wrong side of luck when [...]
September 1, 2011
Tags: cozy, Florida, humor, mystery, Oak Tree Press/Oak Tree Mysteries Posted in: Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Review: An Uncertain Refuge by Carolyn J. Rose
An Uncertain Refuge Carolyn J. Rose Carolyn J. Rose, May 2011 Kindle e-book Also available in trade paperback, July 2011 ISBN 0983735905 I downloaded An Uncertain Refuge, by Carolyn J. Rose for an afternoon read on the couch, chips and ice-tea at hand. I managed to move from couch to dinner table, then back to [...]
July 25, 2011
Tags: Arkansas, domestic abuse, mystery, Oregon, Self-published, suspense Posted in: Guest Reviews One Comment
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