About the author: NR Bates was born in London, grew up in Wales, and lived in Canada and Bermuda. He shares his life with his wife and his house with seven cats, one dog and the subtropical wildlife of lizards, wolf spiders and ant colonies that seek out a better life indoors. He is an… Read More Book Review: ‘At the Sharp End of Lightning’, by N. R. Bates
As a writer – well, fine, as a wannabe writer – one of my dreams has always been to meet a favourite writer of mine and chat up a storm. One of the things we’d talk about, apart from the weather, the awesomeness of Canada, and the many ways to enjoy chocolate would be a… Read More Book Review: Thrillers: 100 Must-Reads, Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner
About the author: Originally from Buffalo, New York, John Enright holds a bachelor’s degree in literature from the City College of New York and a master’s degree in folklore from the University of California, Berkeley. After working in magazine journalism and book publishing, he left the U.S. to teach at the American Samoa Community College.… Read More Book Review: ‘New Jerusalem News’, by John Enright
About the author: Jane lives in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She is the author of the Madeline Maclin mysteries and the new Grace Street Mystery Series. You can find her at http://www.janetesh.com/ or email her at [email protected]. About the book: A fun, fresh, fascinating fantasy tale, Butterfly Waltz introduces protagonist Des Fairweather, a young musician whose… Read More Book Review: ‘Butterfly Waltz’, by Jane Tesh
Straight off the heels of her week in Paris, Model Undercover: Stolen With Style follows sixteen year-old Axelle to the Big Apple where she has been asked to find a big black diamond that was stolen from a photo shoot. Although she has the connections—her aunt Venetia is the editor of a well-known fashion magazine… Read More Book Review: ‘Model Undercover: Stolen With Style’ by Carina Axelsson
Putting together your life after it has been torn apart by the death of your husband is not easy, especially when you have two young children, and it was discovered that your husband had been cheating on you before his death. But Nicki Valentine is not going to let that get to her. Quite the… Read More Book Review: Finding Sky, by Susan O’Brien
What happens when your boyfriend of six months stages a bizarre fight with you one evening, then disappears, leaving behind evidence that incriminates you for his murder? Jillian Keating finds the answer to this question when her boyfriend, whom she knew as Ryan Cornell, does exactly that. Sounds like a terrible nightmare that makes for… Read More Book Review: The Disappearance, by Susan Berliner
This second book by Jackie Fullerton is an enjoyable amateur detective story following Anne Marshall’s attempt to identify a law professor’s killer. When Professor Elliott Spence is killed in a hit and run, the police seem to be ignoring some vital information. Anne Marshall, a court reporter by day and law student by night, can’t… Read More Book Review: Revenge Served Cold by Jackie Fullerton
I’m having quite the lucky streak when it comes to books. I just finished reading In Their Blood and let me tell you something: it was quite the page-turner. As opposed to, say, Little Lamb Lost, which seemed like a more approachable murder-mystery, In Their Blood is the kind of book which invites you to… Read More Book Review: In Their Blood by Sharon Potts
I have taken great care in the last little while to be picky when it comes to choosing a book to read. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day, I only have 90 years to live, and there are too many books that exist for me to be sure to finish them… Read More Book Review: Little Lamb Lost by Margaret Fenton