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
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Book Review: Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl
Dumpster Dying Lesley A. Diehl Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries, 2011 ISBN 978-1-61009-006-3 Trade Paperback Dumpster Dying by Lesley A. Diehl, is a smartly-paced page turner, with more attractions than a three-ring circus. Ms. Diehl, who must be a juggler in her spare time, keeps many plates spinning in the air, in the form of [...]
October 29, 2011
Tags: cozy, Florida, humor, mystery, Oak Tree Press/Dark Oak Mysteries Posted in: Full Reviews
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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
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Book Review: Someone’s Watching by Sharon Potts
Someone’s Watching Sharon Potts Oceanview Publishing, 2011 ISBN No. 978-1608090136 Hardcover Robbie Ivy thinks that she has her life simplified. No longer a CPA she is now a bartender who makes jewelry on the side. Jeremy Stroeb who played a big part in Robbie’s life has gone his way and Robbie has gone hers. She [...]
July 11, 2011
Tags: Florida, missing person, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Bitter Legacy by H. Terrell Griffin
Bitter Legacy (A Matt Royal Mystery) H. Terrell Griffin Oceanview Publishing, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1933515960 Hardcover Matt Royal is in big trouble which is nothing new to Matt but this time someone is trying to kill him and he has no idea why. Matt is not the only target. Matt’s friend Logan Hamilton is shot [...]
June 23, 2011
Tags: Florida, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Don Bruns
Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff Don Bruns Oceanview Publishing, December 2010 ISBN No. 978-1-933515-79-3 Hardcover Skip Moore and James Lessor are roommates and have just been licensed as private investigators. Their new agency is More or Less Investigations. Skip and James really don’t have the slightest idea about how to run a private detective agency. [...]
February 14, 2011
Tags: Florida, humor, mystery, Oceanview, private investigators Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Sex in a Sidecar by Phyllis Smallman
Sex in a Sidecar Phyllis Smallman McArthur & Company, February 2010 ISBN 9781552787731 Trade Paperback Hurricane Myrna is heading up the west coast of Florida, heading right for Jacaranda and the Sunset Bar.  Sherri Travis has been here before and knows what to expect.  She’s one of those people that wait until the last possible [...]
March 29, 2010
Tags: Florida, hurricane, McArthur & Company, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Margarita Nights by Phyllis Smallman
Margarita Nights Phyllis Smallman McArthur & Company ISBN 1552786994 Trade Paperback Some women just pick the wrong guy to fall in love with.  Sherri Travis is one.  She loves Jimmy Travis.  I’m not sure why.  He is a golf pro from a better social class than Sherri, and he tends to get into all kinds [...]
February 24, 2010
Tags: bartender, Florida, McArthur & Company, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews
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