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LAST STAGE TO HELL JUNCTION – Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins
WESTERN WEEK Mickey Spillane writes westerns? Well … yes and no. Max Allan Collins writes westerns based on Mickey Spillane characters. That makes a little more sense. A stage coach, bound for Denver never arrives. Aboard the coach are two women and a wealthy banker. A dead stagecoach driver, riddled with bullets is the only… Continue reading
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STRANGLEHOLD – William W. Johnstone & J.A. Johnstone

WESTERN WEEK Charles McGregor, a former battalion commander from the Black Watch Regiment of Her Majesty’s army is now in New Mexico as the mayor of the mining community of Antelope Wells. Unfortunately for McGregor, there’s a powerful madman named Ebenezer Schofield, looking to take over all of the ‘boot heel’ of New Mexico and… Continue reading
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THE RED MEN – Matthew de Abaitua

Monad is possibly the world’s largest corporation – they make androids. The androids known as Dr Easys assist the London police, patrolling the streets and calming the citizens. Monad also makes the Red Men androids. The Red Men are virtual corporate workers who never tire and are highly intelligent and very creative. Redtown is a… Continue reading
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RED DOVE, LISTEN TO THE WIND – Sonia Antaki

I have a long backlog of ARC books that I’m determined to read and review and because of that I have gotten much more selective about the books I request. This is a long way of saying that I really hoped to like this book. I’ve had some great reading with other indigenous people children’s… Continue reading
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RED MOON – Kim Stanley Robinson

Fred Fredericks is making his first trip to the moon in order to install a communications system for the Chinese. But he is a witness to a murder shortly after arriving and he goes in to hiding. Also on the moon is Chan Qi, the daughter of the First Minister of Finance, and her presence… Continue reading
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THE VIGILANTE POETS OF SELWYN ACADEMY – Kate Hattemer

Well I seem to be missing something here because I didn’t find much to enjoy with this book. On the one hand, this appears to be a book about ‘reality shows’ – an arts reality show is taking over Selwyn Academy with a show called For Art’s Sake. This how the book is billed. On… Continue reading
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THE ADVENTURERS GUILD – Zack Loran Clark & Nick Eliopulos

People have asked me what is the hardest part about writing book reviews and it’s an easy answer … reviewing perfectly average books. Books that are outstanding and books that are terrible are easy to review because you can go in-depth on why you think they are outstanding or terrible. But there is almost nothing… Continue reading
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DEATH BELOW STAIRS – Jennifer Ashley

A historical fiction mystery featuring the working class (ala Downton Abbey)? Yeah, this sounds like a winner! Kat Holloway is a cook. She’s good enough that she could almost choose where she wants to work, though she will be part of the working class. She accepts a position at Mayfair mansion working for Lord Rankin.… Continue reading
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THE TRIALS OF SOLOMON PARKER – Eric Scott Fischl

Once in a while you come across a book that you can tell you should like – it’s well written, it touches subjects that appeal to you, characters that are strong – but for whatever reason you just can’t connect with it. The Trials of Solomon Parker by Eric Scott Fischl is just such a… Continue reading
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UNDER THE PENDULUM SUN – Jeannette Ng

Catherine Helstone’s brother is a missionary, but instead of going to Africa, like most of the missionaries of the time, he has gone to Arcadia … a special land of the Fae. Because she has not received any word from him, Catherine follows to Arcadia where she is met by Miss Davenport – a changeling… Continue reading
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A TASTE FOR BLOOD – David Stuart Davies

This is one of the oldest books in my ARC queue and was requested at a time when I was requesting everything in the hopes that I’d be approved for something. I did not know that it was a part of a longer series. But all that aside, I don’t think you need to read… Continue reading

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