Book Review: One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming

One Was A Soldier Julia Spencer-Fleming St. Martin’s Minotaur, April 2011 ISBN 978-0-312-33489-5 Hardcover Fans of Julia Spencer-Fleming will be delighted with the new entry in her series, One Was A Soldier.  Clare is back from Iraq.  She and Russ are trying to pick up where they left off, not an easy thing to do, [...]

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January 22, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Canaan’s Gate by Kathryn R. Wall

And the winner is… Congratulations to Joanne Prusak who will soon be reading Death of a Dancing Master by M. E. Kemp! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canaan’s Gate Kathryn R. Wall Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN 0312601840 Hardcover Bay Tanner has a case of the doldrums as we enter Canaan’s Gate – the 10th book in the Bay Tanner [...]

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November 29, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Guest Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Witness in Bishop Hill by Sara Hoskinson Frommer

Witness in Bishop Hill Sara Hoskinson Frommer St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2002 ISBN 0312302436 Hardcover A cozy fit for the holidays. Joan Spencer and her husband of three months, police lieutenant Fred Lundquist, are making plans for a belated honeymoon trip during the Christmas holidays when Fred’s sister calls, asking Fred and Joan to come home [...]

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November 14, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  One Comment

Book Review: Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman

Drink the Tea Thomas Kaufman Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN 031260730X Hardcover Willis Gidney grew up rough.  He grew up homeless, no parents in sight.  A smart kid, he didn’t let that stand in the way of his survival.  Along the way, he ran into a guy named Shadrack Davies, a captain in the D.C. police [...]

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August 23, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: Burn by Nevada Barr

Warning: This book deals with the sexual enslavement of children. While Barr does not indulge in graphic, prolonged descriptions, there are scenes near the end that leave little to the imagination. If the subject matter disturbs you, proceed with caution. Burn Nevada Barr Minotaur Books, August 2010 ISBN 9780312614560 Hardcover (ARC) In a city she [...]

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August 4, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  2 Comments

Book Review: One Man’s Paradise by Douglas Corleone

One Man’s Paradise Douglas Corleone Minotaur Books, April 2010 ISBN 0312611587 Hardcover Attorney Kevin Corvelli totally botched his last case in New York.  It was a murder case, and he was more interested in the media attention than in doing the work he needed to do to win the case.  He lost the case.  His [...]

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May 8, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  4 Comments

Book Review: Stirring Up Strife by Jennifer Stanley

Stirring Up Strife Jennifer Stanley Minotaur Books, January 2010 ISBN 0312376855 Mass Market Paperback Cooper Lee is a bit unusual in that she repairs copy machines for a living, something that’s normally done by men, but in other ways she’s just like many other people—attempting to recover from a bad breakup, living with her parents [...]

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March 13, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews  No Comments