Book Review: The Take by Mike Dennis

The  Take Mike Dennis L&L Dreamspell, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1603182768 Trade Paperback Eddie Ryan is a small time bookie and not a very good one at that.    Eddie violated the first rule for bookies and that is never let the betting get too one-sided.  World Series betting got Eddie in a world of trouble with [...]

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April 6, 2011  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Ted Feit’s Book Review Roundup

Burn Nevada Barr Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-61456-0 Hardcover It is likely that fans of the Anna Pigeon series might be put off by several aspects of this novel.  To begin with, it takes place in the urban setting of New Orleans rather than the accustomed [for this series] wide open spaces of a national [...]

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March 31, 2011  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: The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis Maistros

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 [...]

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