MYSTERY
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THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT – Chris Orcutt
For reasons I won’t go into (because they aren’t interesting), I am reading the Dakota Stevens books in reverse order. I read and reviewed the third book back in May (see that review here) and I hope to read the first book in the series soon. I’ve been reading a number of new mysteries lately Continue reading
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BONES NEVER LIE – Kathy Reichs
I have never previously read any “Bones” books, nor have I ever watched an episode of “Bones,” though my wife and oldest son have been hooked on the television show. I was absolutely riveted to this story. Dr. Temperance Brennan is called to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case unit. A connection has been made between Continue reading
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THE RIPPER GENE – Michael Ransom
**WARNING — THIS REVIEW CONTAINS POTENTIAL SPOILERS** Michael Ransom’s debut novel, The Ripper Gene, is a fast-paced who-dunnit thriller that should keep you glued to the pages of the book. I read this book in three sittings, and only reluctantly stopped reading the first two times. Dr. Lucas Madden is a former neuroscientist who has Continue reading
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THE SOUND OF MURDER – Cindy Brown
Following up her big debut in MacDeath (see my review here), Ivy Meadows … actor and investigator … has a role in the new show, The Sound of Cabaret – a mash-up of The Sound of Music and Cabaret. But in her role with her uncle Bob’s detective agency, Ivy (real name Olive Ziegwart) has a Continue reading
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TREACHERY IN BORDEAUX – Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen
Mysteries and wine in France? Why, yes, thank you! This book is the first in a winemaker detective series, written in French and translated by Anne Trager. The series is apparently quite popular in France, with a television series made from it as well. The book follows Benjamin Cooker, a world-renowned wine-maker, passionate about wine, Continue reading
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WITCHES PROTECTION PROGRAM – Michael Phillip Cash
What happens in the supernatural world if someone rats out someone else? They get placed in the witches protection program, of course. This is the basic premise. Wes Rockville is given one last chance to redeem himself in his law enforcement career. He’s bumbled almost every other assignment, but his father, and boss, grudgingly gives Continue reading
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WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE – Daryl Gregory
Therapist Jan Sayer pulls together a group of individuals in need of therapy, perhaps more-so than most. There is Harrison, The Monster Detective, once known as the Boy Hero of Dunnsmouth. There is Stan who survived his captivity by cannibals, though he was partially eaten. There is Martin, who never takes off his sunglasses. Barbara Continue reading
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THE MYSTERIOUS MICKEY FINN – Elliot Paul
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE It must be fun to work for Dover Publications and dig up some of these older books and offer them up for sale again. Many of their reissues are absolute treasures … but treasures that I hadn’t been familiar with beforehand. This is just such a case. Originally from 1939 Continue reading
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THE DOUBT FACTORY – Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Doubt Factory is a YA thriller that is long on lesson, riddled with romance, and occasionally over-the-top with its action. For those of us familiar with Bacigalupi from his sci-fi books The Windup Girl and Pump Six and Other Stories, this book is definitely a departure, though it’s definitely not unusual for Continue reading
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THE LAND OF DREAMS – Vidar Sundstøl
When a naked Norwegian man is found brutally murdered in the Superior National Forest, and another naked Norwegian in shock nearby, U.S. Forest Service officer Lance Hansen, the first on the scene, begins a journey that has him questioning the past, family relationships, and his future. Vidar Sundstøl has written a mystery that is mostly Continue reading
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RHODE ISLAND RED – Charlotte Carter
Throwback Thursday: Reviewing a Reissue What do you get when you combine a mystery with an unlikely heroine and jazz music? Rhode Island Red, a Nanette Hayes Mystery. Nanette Hayes is a tall, intelligent, bald, African-American jazz saxophonist playing tunes on the street for whatever cash she can get. When her live-in boyfriend dumps her Continue reading
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14 – Peter Clines
I knew nothing about this book, or the author, before digging in to it. And reading it on my Kindle, I didn’t even have the cover copy to give me a hint. What I found inside was as much a surprise as what Nate tucker and friends discover behind the door to room 14! Nate Continue reading
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