Tagged With: Mystery
Review: Pirate King
Pirate King Laurie R. King Description (from Amazon.com): In this latest adventure featuring the intrepid Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King takes readers into the frenetic world of silent films—where the pirates are real and the shooting isn’t all done with cameras. In England’s young silent-film … Continue reading
Mini-Review: Lassiter
Lassiter Paul Levine This is a mini-review, because the real one will be over at All Things Girl later this month, but I just finished reading Lassiter, which is one of my entries for RIP. It’s a little more violent than I usually like in a mystery, but really a compelling read, an old-school detective … Continue reading
Review: Murder by Mocha
Murder by Mocha Cleo Coyle Description (from Amazon.com): The national bestselling author of Roast Mortem serves readers a fresh new Coffeehouse Mystery. Includes chocolate recipes! A divorced, single mom in her forties, Clare Cosi is a coffee shop manager by day, an irrepressible snoop by night. When something is wrong, she considers it her mission … Continue reading
The Sunday Salon: Shifting Seasons
Labor Day weekend doesn’t really have a lot of significance when you work from home as a writer. My “office” is the Internet, which never closes, and there are weeks when I choose to work Saturday and Sunday and skip Monday and Tuesday, and other weeks when I work a more conventional schedule. It depends … Continue reading
Review: A Pointed Death, by Kath Russell
A Pointed Death Kath Russell CreateSpace, 352 pages August, 2010 Buy from Amazon >> OR Read the first chapter for free.. Product Description (from Amazon.com): In A Pointed Death, biotech consultant Nola Billingsley discovers that one of her clients is stealing proprietary information from other startups. When the scion of a prominent Chinese-American family is … Continue reading
Review: Under Orders, by Dick Francis
Under Orders Dick Francis Buy it from Amazon >> Description (from Booklist): After an absence of six years, Dick Francis comes thundering up the track with a thriller that resoundingly demonstrates that the acclaimed author, if anything, may have gained a few steps. Francis re-summons his most popular protagonist, Sid Halley, a champion jockey turned … Continue reading
Bookmarks: Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe
I started reading Nero Wolfe mysteries on a bus trip from Ashland, OR, to Fresno, CA when I was in high school. I couldn’t sleep on the bus, and Mr. Wolfe and Archie Goodwin kept me company during the long trek home. Now, whenever I’m faced with a new or different food, I wonder what … Continue reading
Review: The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
The Ghost and Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly
Review: Heat Wave by Richard Castle
Heat Wave by Richard Castle Get it at Amazon >> Richard Castle might be as fictional as belly fat on a Barbie ™ Doll, but his book, Heat Wave is a fast-paced mystery with just enough romance to keep it interesting. As anyone who’s ever seen Castle on television knows, Heat Wave is the novel … Continue reading
Book Review: A Bone to Pick
A Bone to Pick by Charlaine Harris Get it from Amazon >> Just as looking at a jumbled pile of Ferrari parts doesn’t hint at the beauty of a finished car, so, too, does the first novel in a series not really give an adequate picture of the entire collection. I’ve now finished the second … Continue reading
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