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 Reviews x 4 by Patricia E. Reid
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, There’s A Body In The Car Fran Rizer Bella Rosa Books, January 2011 ISBN No. 978-1933523941 Trade Paperback There is never a dull moment in Callie Parrish’s life. Callie is employed by Middleton Mortuary. Her job title is mortuary cosmetologist but Callie also answers the phone, talks to clients and does [...]
December 29, 2011
Tags: 1786 Ireland, anxiety disorders, Bella Rosa Books, Berkley Prime Crime, California, governess, historical, humor, Iceland, kidnapping, kidnapping & extortion expert, mortuary cosmetologist, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, Perseverance Press, political thriller, radio talk show host, South Carolina, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Scared to Death by Wendy Corsi Staub, The Nomination by William G. Tapply and Agent X by Noah Boyd
Scared to Death Wendy Corsi Staub Avon, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-18950-7-4 Mass Market Paperback The first murder in Wendy Corsi Staub’s newest thriller occurs on page 7, and the suspense hardly lets up from that point on. Marin Quinn gave up her newborn son at the insistence of her husband, Garvey Quinn.  Elsa Cavalon adopted [...]
December 17, 2011
Tags: Avon, Boston, FBI, Manhattan, missing child, mystery, political suspense, private detective, Skyhorse Publishing, Supreme Court, suspense, treason, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Chomp by Carl Hiaasen
Chomp Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, March 2012 ISBN 978-0-375-86842-9 Hardcover (ARC) Teenager Wahoo Cray doesn’t live the life of the average kid. Having a dad who’s a wildlife wrangler with a private zoo, Wahoo has grown up with alligators, monkeys, birds of all sorts, giant tortoises, snakes, you name it. [...]
December 14, 2011
Tags: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, Florida Everglades, humor, kids, mystery, reality TV, suspense, wildlife Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Reviews: Messages by Weyman Jones, Angel Lost by F. M. Meredith and Hell To Pay by Wendy Corsi Staub
Messages Weyman Jones Five Star Publishing, 2010 ISBN No. 978-1-59414-879-8 Hardcover Mike Lyons cannot believe that his mother is guilty of murder but a jury says she killed her lover, Alex Reed. He is so convinced that he decides that he will prove her innocence. Mike’s mother owned a company called Power Meetings.  Alex worked [...]
November 12, 2011
Tags: Avon Books, California, Caribbean, Dark Oak Mysteries, decoy, Five Star Publishing, mystery, New York, police procedural, stalker, suspense, thriller, voyeur Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Reviews: G.I. Bones by Martin Limon, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, and Stolen Lives by Jassy MacKenzie
G.I. Bones Martin Limon Soho Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-56947-863-9 Trade Paperback Seoul, South Korea, is one of the more exotic locales for a murder mystery, and the C.I.D operatives, Sgts. Sueno and Bascom, are two of the more different protagonists around. Â This is the sixth entry in the series, but the first this reader has [...]
September 14, 2011
Tags: Britain, human trafficking, Japan, military intelligence, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural, private investigator, Soho Crime, Soho Press, South Africa, South Korea, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Craigslist Murders by Brenda Cullerton
The Craigslist Murders Brenda Cullerton Melville House, May 2011 ISBN 978-1612190198 Trade Paperback Sometimes, don’t the ‘concerns’ of the super rich drive you so crazy you could just…kill them? Do their ‘worries’ over $15,000 toilets or the cleaning costs of $50,000 curtains make you want to, oh, say, bash a fire poker to their skulls? [...]
September 12, 2011
Tags: black humor, interior decorator, Melville House, mystery, New York City, satire, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Night Corridor by Joan Hall Hovey
Night Corridor Joan Hall Hovey Books We Love Publishing Partners, March 2011 ISBN 9781926965567 Trade Paperback Sometimes the world can be a scary place. Who knows what evil may lurk around the next corner…or just outside your door? Enter the Night Corridor and follow the lives of some of the people in a small town [...]
September 10, 2011
Tags: 1973, Books We Love Publishing Partners, mental illness, mystery, serial killer, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
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 No Comments
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 One Comment
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