Book Reviews: The Cypress House by Michael Koryta, The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh, and On Borrowed Time by David Rosenfelt
The Cypress House Michael Koryta Little, Brown and Company, February 2011 ISBN: 978-0-316-05372-3 Hardcover Death and corruption haunt this tale about a World War I veteran during the Depression who has a unique ability to see whether a person faces an imminent demise because of a trace of smoke in his/her eyes. Arlen Wagner in [...]
January 19, 2012
Tags: 1921, 1930's Florida, 1950's, aristocracy, bully sheriff, corrupt judge, drug smuggling, England, Great Depression, historical, hurricane, journalist, Little Brown and Company, mind experiments, Minotaur Books, mystery, New York, novelist detective, police procedural, supernatural, suspense, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review Trio by Patricia E. Reid
The Ridge Michael Koryta Little, Brown and Company, June 2011 ISBN No. 978-0316053662 Hardcover Chief Deputy Kevin Kimble is making an early morning drive when he receives a very strange and disturbing phone call. The call is from Wyatt French one of the stranger residents of Kimble’s county. Wyatt lives on a hilltop known as [...]
January 7, 2012
Tags: big cat sanctuary, Connecticut, crime reporter, FBI, journalist, Kentucky, Little Brown and Company, Mira, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, racecar driver, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Cold Vengeance (Special Agent Pendergast) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, August 2011 ISBN No. 978-0-446-55498-5 Hardcover Pendergast has discovered that Helen, his wife, was murdered and now he seeks revenge. Judson Esterhazy, Helen’s brother, is equally determined that Pendergast be stopped from investigating Helen’s death and if the only way to stop [...]
October 24, 2011
Tags: adoption, England, FBI, Grand Central Publishing, Little Brown and Company, Louisiana, mystery, New York, private investigator, Scotland, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Shattering by Karen Healey
The Shattering Karen Healey Little, Brown and Company, September 2011 ISBN 978-0-316-12572-7 Hardcover Summerton is a lovely resort town on the west coast of New Zealand, a town that’s perhaps a bit too perfect. While other small towns struggle to remain vibrant and appealing and they watch their residents, especially the younger ones, move away [...]
September 28, 2011
Tags: dark fantasy, Little Brown and Company, magic, mystery, New Zealand, teen suicide, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
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