Mystery
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LEFT TURN AT PARADISE – Thomas Shawver
I’ve slowly been coming to read more and more mysteries, which I typically enjoy, and this one, “A Rare Book Mystery,” was especially appealing since I clearly have a passion for books. And as someone who, as a teenager used to spend HOURS in antique shops and used book stores searching for the little valuable… Continue reading
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HOT PURSUIT – Roderick Thorp
Author Roderick Thorp is best known for his book Nothing Lasts Forever which was the basis for the popular movie Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. Knowing only that much, you can go in to this book assuming it will be an action/adventure thriller. And it is. The story: Coast Guard Commander Sam Merrill becomes an “All-American-Hero”… Continue reading
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MOON OVER TANGIER – Janice Law
This was something a little bit different for me. First off, it’s a mystery, which I’ve come to enjoy but haven’t read a great deal, and it features a homosexual leading character. Why is that important? It isn’t. Other than the fact that author Janice Law won the Lambda Award for best gay mystery for… Continue reading
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GET BLANK – Justin Robinson
James Bond? Sam Spade? Ellery Queen? Matt Helm? Maxwell Smart? Sherlock Holmes? If you need a spy/detective, all you need is to get Blank. **WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD** Blank is a man of many names and even more talents, most of them useless, but some of them will come in to play. He’s trying… Continue reading
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STUMPTOWN, VOLUME 2 – graphic novel
This graphic novel, Stumptown, Vol 2, features a young woman, Dex, who has her own detective agency in Portland, Oregon. She gets a wonderful opportunity when rock star Mim Bracca arrives looking to hire Dex. Mim’s special guitar has disappeared and Mim doesn’t want to go to the police. Complicating things is the D.E.A. who… Continue reading
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COLD IN JULY – Joe R. Lansdale
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I’ve been familiar with Joe R. Lansdale through his short fiction, which has always impressed me, but for whatever strange reasons of fate, I’d never read any of his novels. When this book came across the ARC pile, I quickly requested it. It does NOT disappoint! The book is being… Continue reading
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HANGTOWN – Karen Sandler
Janelle Watkins is a private investigator, damaged physically and emotionally, and currently living in her hometown, a small community of Greenville. She used to be a detective in San Francisco but is currently not able to go back to that line of work, hence her PI work, living in a trailer home that was left… Continue reading
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DR. 2 – ISSUE 1 – comic book
Typically I review graphic novels and not individual comic books, but this was offered up by the publisher on NetGalley and it looked interesting, so I requested it — and I’m glad I dad! There is nothing ‘typical’ about this book. Let’s start with the story: This is our not-too-distant future. The doctor is called… Continue reading
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JAKE AND THE GIANT HAND – Philippa Dowding
I have ALWAYS enjoyed works of the absurd; the theatre of Eugene Ionesco, the stories of Nikolai Gogol, the books of Roald Dahl. Now I’ll include Philippa Dowding to that list! This book is about twelve year old Jake who is off to visit his grandfather. Jake spends some time with some older kids who… Continue reading
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COURIER – Terry Irving
WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD I had some high hopes, going in to this book. 1970’s. Washington/Watergate scandal. Vietnam. Couriers. I’ve lived through it all (even having been a courier) and I wanted to see a tight mystery/thriller wrapped up in this setting. Sadly, that’s not quite what happened. While it starts off on a… Continue reading
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NIGHT FILM – Marisha Pessl
Marisha Pessl’s Night Film is haunting and addictive, with a huge let-down ending. The story centers around Scott McGrath, a journalist who saw his life hit the skids when he reported on elusive, reclusive film director Stanislas Cordova and he lost his family and his career. When Cordova’s daughter, Ashley, is found dead by an apparent… Continue reading
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PEACEMAKER – Marianne de Pierres
If you’re a sci-fi/fantasy enthusiast, how often have you read a book and, whether or not you liked the story-telling, felt like it was really nothing but a rehash of an already over-used scenario? Move over stale f/sf themes; enter: Peacemaker, a wholly original and thrilling fantasy adventure. Set in the future, when urban sprawl… Continue reading
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