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Book Review – Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Malice

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, And Malice Paperback: 172 pages Publisher: Nodin Pr (September 12, 2012) ISBN-10: 1935666436 ISBN-13: 978-1935666431   This anthology is the work of the authors of The Minnesota Crime Wave, a group that includes Carl Brookins, Elizabeth Gunn, Pat Dennis, William Kent Krueger, and Joel Arnold, as well as ten other …

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Book Review – Just Add Water by Jinx Schwartz

Just Add WaterJinx Schwartz Print Length: 341 pages Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Language: English ASIN: B005S65704 Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled This delightful book introduces Hetta Coffey in the series that continues with Just Add Salt and several other books that feature a smart and sassy protagonist and her best friend Jan, as they …

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Book Review – The Spaniel Family’s Thanksgiving by Sharon Ellsberry

The Spaniel Family’s ThanksgivingBy Sharon EllsberryIllustrated by Amy FoxISBN 978-0-9790777-2-2website  http://www.gospaniels.com/   You may have noticed that I love children’s books. With no young kids or grandkids to read to in recent years, I’d forgotten how much I loved them, until I started meeting some authors who write children’s books. One of those authors is …

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Book Review- Last Lawyer Standing by Douglas Corleone

Last Lawyer StandingDouglas CorleoneHardcover: 352 pagesPublisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0312552289ISBN-13: 978-0312552282 Kevin Corvelli, the protagonist in Douglas Corleone’s legal thriller series is anything but the ordinary lawyer. While he fights for truth and justice with almost a Don Quiote type of idealism, he is a bit more like James …

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Book Review – Sorrow Wood by Raymond L. Atkins

Sorrow WoodRaymond L. AtkinsMedallion Press, IncISBN: 9781934755631Hardcover $25.95August 2009 Reva Blackmon is the probate judge in the small town of Sand Valley, Alabama. Her husband, Wendell is a policeman in the same town where his duties largely consist of breaking up dog fights, investigating alien abductions, extinguishing truck fires, and spending endless hours riding the …

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Book Review – Through Rushing Water by Catherine Richmond

 Through Rushing WaterCatherine Richmond Paperback: 368 pagesPublisher: Thomas Nelson (July 3, 2012)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1595549250ISBN-13: 978-1595549259  This is another wonderful historical offering from the gifted writer who debuted with Spring for Susannah.  This new inspirational novel fictionalizes the true events experienced by the Indians on the Ponca  Reservation of Dakota Territory when they were forced to …

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Book Review – Benchmarks: A Single Mother’s Illustrated Journal

Benchmarks: A Single Mother’s Illustrated JournalBodie ParkhurstE-book and Paperback  2011Amazon  This is a touching memoir of a single mother’s journey with her son, Alex, from the time he first enters her life until he is ready to start a life of his own. All mothers will relate to the connectedness she has with her son …

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Book Review – A Fair to Die For by Radine Tress Nehring

Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another review. Makes my Sunday blogs so much easier. A Fair To Die For                     Radine Trees NehringISBN: 97816100912202012 release from Oak Tree Press238 pages (without recipes)  In spite of continual bumps in their road of life, Carrie McCrite and her second husband, Henry, forge onward. They both have healthy, …

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Book Review – The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories

I’m not sure if there is any rule against reviewing a book that  you are a contributor to, but if I don’t say anything about my story, will that work? A few weeks ago, all of us who contributed to The Corner Cafe: A Tasty Collection of Short Stories were asked to download the book …

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Book Review – Darker Than Any Shadow by Tina Whittle

Once again Carl Brookins shares a review with us. I really appreciate his generosity in sharing these so I don’t have to write a review. (smile)   Darker Than Any Shadow   By Tina WhittleISBN: 97815905854672012 release from Poisoned Pen Press. HC, 291 pages  The second entry in the author’s intriguing series, featuring a gun shop …

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