Book Reviews: The Night Season by Chelsea Cain, Shatter the Bones by Stuart MacBride, In Desperation by Rick Mofina, Damage Control by Denise Hamilton, and A Vine in the Blood by Leighton Gage
The Night Season Chelsea Cain Minotaur Books, March 2011 ISBN: 978-0-312-61976-3 Hardcover In this, the fourth book in the series featuring police detective Archie Sheridan, Gretchen Lowell, the beautiful but masochistic serial killer who in previous entries shared the stage with Archie, is little more than backdrop, a recurring theme playing almost entirely offstage. Â Gretchen [...]
February 11, 2012
Tags: Arizona, Brazil, California, cartels, child abduction, drug war, HarperCollins UK, investigative journalist, kidnapping, Mexico, Minotaur Books, Mira Books, mystery, Oregon, police procedural, political intrigue, public relations, reality TV, Scotland, Scribner, serial killer, soccer/football, Soho Crime, World Cup Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Passions of the Dead by L.J. Sellers—and a Contest Winner!
Passions of the Dead L.J. Sellers Spellbinder Press, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-9795182-8-7 Trade Paperback In her latest book in the Detective Jackson series, L.J. Sellers goes beyond the headlines about the economic crisis by showing the human side of that equation, and the myriad unexpected and unforeseeable ripple effects and the desperation stemming from the [...]
October 27, 2011
Tags: mystery, Oregon, police procedural, Spellbinder Press, thriller Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews
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Book Review: County Line by Bill Cameron
County Line Bill Cameron Tyrus Books, June 2011 ISBN No. 9781935562351 Hardcover Also available in trade paperback Skin Kadash returns home after spending a month in a retreat called Last Homely House. Last Homely House is a bed and breakfast where Skin has been recuperating from a near-fatal gunshot wound. Skin has been following doctor’s [...]
August 29, 2011
Tags: California, mystery, Ohio, Oregon, retired cop, suspense, Tyrus Books Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: An Uncertain Refuge by Carolyn J. Rose
An Uncertain Refuge Carolyn J. Rose Carolyn J. Rose, May 2011 Kindle e-book Also available in trade paperback, July 2011 ISBN 0983735905 I downloaded An Uncertain Refuge, by Carolyn J. Rose for an afternoon read on the couch, chips and ice-tea at hand. I managed to move from couch to dinner table, then back to [...]
July 25, 2011
Tags: Arkansas, domestic abuse, mystery, Oregon, Self-published, suspense Posted in: Guest Reviews
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