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 [...]

August 4, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Book Review: The Disappeared by M. R. Hall

The Disappeared M. R. Hall Simon & Schuster, 2009 ISBN 9781439156988 Hardcover Jenny Cooper is a coroner.  Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it?  She declares people dead.  That gets more complicated when there is no body.  Amira Jamal brings a case to Jenny that starts out complicated and only gets more so.  Seven years ago, her [...]

April 2, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Breach

The Breach Patrick Lee Harper, January 2010 ISBN 9780061584459 Mass Market Paperback Travis Chase has a past, a prison sentence served for deeds that deserved the conviction, although some might say he had justification for his behavior at the end.  Whatever the case, he has come to the Alaskan wilderness for the solitude that may [...]

March 3, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Reader

The Reader Bernhard Schlink Vintage Books, 2008 ISBN 0307473465 Mass Market Paperback When 15-year-old Michael Berg discovers an older woman willing to become his lover, he thinks he’s the student. Yet, intimacy with Hanna comes with one condition–he’s got to read to her first. Michael never thought much about this odd form of foreplay until [...]

February 26, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: Broken Places

Broken Places Sandra Parshall Poisoned Pen Press, February 2010 ISBN 1590586530 Hardcover (ARC)–Also Available in Trade Paperback When I began this book, I thought that I had remembered that I had read both previous Dr. Rachel Goddard books. I was wrong and I believe it influenced my reading of this book. I will have to [...]

January 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  3 Comments