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Book Review: Blood in the Meadows: Terror on the Strip by Dale Day
A Terroristic possibility in the City of Sin, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read More »Book Review: Corduroy Mansions (Corduroy Mansions Series #1) by Alexander McCall Smith
New series promises gentle satiric portrait of London scene
Read More »Book Review: The Amber Treasure (Book One of the Northern Crown Series) by Richard Denning
A historical tale of battle and gallantry, courage and strength, set in the Anglo-Saxon countryside.
Read More »An Interview With Author Jan Burke About Her Latest Irene Kelly Mystery, Disturbance
"Perhaps our fascination with serial killers comes from seeing otherness in our own form."
Read More »Book Review: The Kult by Shaun Jeffrey
A gruesome and horrific murder mystery, full of horror and madness.
Read More »Book Review: Happy Now? by Katherine Shonk
When hints of depression lead to a suicide, we wait for the young widow to read the suicide binder left behind.
Read More »A Word About Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom and Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs
Some similarities in Jonathan Franzen's Freedom and Richard Russo's Bridge of Sighs
Read More »Book Review: After Midnight by Irmgard Keun
Slim novel effectively portrays life in pre-war Nazi Germany through the eyes of a young ingenue.
Read More »Book Review: Heresy by S. J. Parris
The first in a historical mystery series, heavy on scholarship and surprisingly, gore.
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