Book Reviews: The Night Season by Chelsea Cain, Shatter the Bones by Stuart MacBride, In Desperation by Rick Mofina, Damage Control by Denise Hamilton, and A Vine in the Blood by Leighton Gage
The Night Season Chelsea Cain Minotaur Books, March 2011 ISBN: 978-0-312-61976-3 Hardcover In this, the fourth book in the series featuring police detective Archie Sheridan, Gretchen Lowell, the beautiful but masochistic serial killer who in previous entries shared the stage with Archie, is little more than backdrop, a recurring theme playing almost entirely offstage. Â Gretchen [...]
February 11, 2012
Tags: Arizona, Brazil, California, cartels, child abduction, drug war, HarperCollins UK, investigative journalist, kidnapping, Mexico, Minotaur Books, Mira Books, mystery, Oregon, police procedural, political intrigue, public relations, reality TV, Scotland, Scribner, serial killer, soccer/football, Soho Crime, World Cup Posted in: Full Reviews 
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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: My Dark Places by James Ellroy
My Dark Places James Ellroy Vintage Books, 1997 ISBN 0-679-76205-1 Trade Paperback James Ellroy, prolific Los Angeles crime writer, takes us on a rock-strewn, rutted road through his internal landscape in this memoir, which has at its heart, the loss of his mother to an anonymous murder. This intimate view of the inside of James [...]
December 31, 2011
Tags: autobiography, California, memoir, novelist, true crime, Vintage Books Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews x 4 by Patricia E. Reid
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, There’s A Body In The Car Fran Rizer Bella Rosa Books, January 2011 ISBN No. 978-1933523941 Trade Paperback There is never a dull moment in Callie Parrish’s life. Callie is employed by Middleton Mortuary. Her job title is mortuary cosmetologist but Callie also answers the phone, talks to clients and does [...]
December 29, 2011
Tags: 1786 Ireland, anxiety disorders, Bella Rosa Books, Berkley Prime Crime, California, governess, historical, humor, Iceland, kidnapping, kidnapping & extortion expert, mortuary cosmetologist, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, Perseverance Press, political thriller, radio talk show host, South Carolina, suspense 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 Reviews: The Sentry by Robert Crais, Stettin Station by David Downing and Damage by John Lescroart
The Sentry Robert Crais Putnam, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-399-15707-3 Hardcover There are many larger-than-life, hard-boiled superheroes, some more believable than others. Â Then there is Joe Pike: Â A strong, contemplative, quiet, unassuming protagonist. Â And his sorrowful and anguished side-kick, PI Elvis Cole, adds a more human touch. Together, they make a great team, and in this, [...]
November 26, 2011
Tags: 1941 Berlin, California, district attorney, drug wars, Dutton, historical, journalist, mystery, police procedural, private investigator, Putnam, San Francisco, Soho Press, thriller, war intelligence, World War II Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Murder Half-Baked by Kathleen Delaney
Murder Half-Baked Kathleen Delaney Camel Press, May 2011 ISBN 978-1-60381-828-5 Trade Paperback Real estate agent Ellen McKenzie is in the midst of preparations for her wedding to Dan Dunham, the local police chief, and has to contend with the horror of a wedding dress, ruffled hoopskirt and all, her mother has sent to this forty-something [...]
November 22, 2011
Tags: California, cozy, domestic violence, mystery, real estate agent, softboiled Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Messages by Weyman Jones, Angel Lost by F. M. Meredith and Hell To Pay by Wendy Corsi Staub
Messages Weyman Jones Five Star Publishing, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1-59414-879-8 Hardcover Mike Lyons cannot believe that his mother is guilty of murder but a jury says she killed her lover, Alex Reed. He is so convinced that he decides that he will prove her innocence. Mike’s mother owned a company called Power Meetings.  Alex worked [...]
November 12, 2011
Tags: Avon Books, California, Caribbean, Dark Oak Mysteries, decoy, Five Star Publishing, mystery, New York, police procedural, stalker, suspense, thriller, voyeur Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Edited for Death by Michele Drier
Edited for Death Michele Drier Mainly Murder Press, October 2011 ISBN 978-0-9836823-1-8 Trade Paperback The recent death of a US Senator, also a World War II hero, leads Amy Hobbes, manager of a small-town newspaper, to send her reporter, Clarice, to the Senator’s nearby hometown on assignment. Marshalltown, in Northern California, is a survivor of [...]
November 7, 2011
Tags: California, Germany, holocaust history, journalist, Mainly Murder Press, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott—and a Contest Winner!
Imperfect Birds Anne Lamott Riverhead Books, 2011 ISBN 978-1-59448-504-6 Trade Paperback Anne Lamott can be counted on to deliver an honest, engaging read. Imperfect Birds starts as a clumsy and inauthentic tale, but stumbles along, until it reaches a believable, loping and smooth gait. I continued to read past my initial judgment and ennui, only [...]
September 22, 2011
Tags: addictions, California, family relationships, general fiction, Riverhead Books, troubled teen Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews One Comment
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