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: The Birth of Blue Satan by Patricia Wynn

The Birth of Blue Satan Patricia Wynn Pemberley Press, 2001 ISBN 0970272707 Hardcover–also available in Trade Paperback Gideon Viscount St. Mars, son of the Earl of Hawkhurst, is a somewhat reluctant part of the aristocratic social world of George I’s London.  Being members of the Tory party makes him and his father, the Earl of [...]

August 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

Turtle in Paradise Jennifer L. Holm Random House Books for Young Readers, May 2010 ISBN 0375836888 Hardcover Times are tough in Depression-Era America. Eleven-year-old Turtle’s Mom keeps losing housekeeper jobs and getting her heart broken by no-good men. When her Mom gets a job with an old lady who doesn’t like children, she has no [...]

July 25, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Legatus Mystery

The Legatus Mystery Rosemary Rowe Headline Book Publishing, 2005 ISBN 9780747265208 Mass Market Roman citizen I might be – indeed I was born a nobleman in my own tribe – but I was also an ex-slave and a tradesman, and the gulf between myself and Marcus was as great as that between me and the [...]

July 22, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King

The God of the Hive Laurie R. King Bantam, April 2010 ISBN 0553805541 Hardcover If you think that Moriarty is the only truly evil villain that Holmes dealt with, think again.  There is a shadowy man pulling strings all over England and in portions of Europe, strings strong enough to get Mycroft Holmes hauled off [...]

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

Book Review: Vienna Secrets by Frank Tallis

Vienna Secrets Frank Tallis Random House, February 2010 ISBN 9780812980998 Trade Paperback Dr. Max Liebermann is living in Vienna, attending the lectures of Dr. Freud and seeing patients.  He has concerns about his relationship with one of his patients, a woman after whom he lusts but feels compelled not to pursue.  It’s not just the [...]

April 10, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Sound of Building Coffins

The Sound of Building Coffins Louis Maistros Toby Press, 2009 ISBN 1592642551 Hardcover I first read the first 5000 words of “The Sound of Building Coffins” as part of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2008.  If I had the rest of the book, I would have finished reading right then.  As it was, those [...]

February 20, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Hearts of Horses

The Hearts of Horses Molly Gloss Mariner Books ISBN 0547085753 Trade Paperback, 2008 Younger me had a herd of Breyers and read every horse book I could have laid my hands on.  Molly Gloss’s “The Hearts of Horses” has the same feel as the great classics I read back as a child. Based on oral [...]

February 8, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments