Thanks to Carl Brookins for an introduction to another good read. Murder Has No Class Rebecca KentISBN:978-0-425-23207-1 Berkley Prime Crime Tired of the daily news of the world? Read too many grim thrillers or suspenseful detective stories lately? If you are looking for a change of pace, for an amusing, diverting traditional mystery in the best …
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Book Review: Critical Condition by C. J. Lyons
Thanks again to Carl Brookins for sharing a new review. Critical ConditionBy C.J.LyonsISBN: 9780515148688Mass Market, 300 page2010 release from Jove Fourth and last in the Angels of Mercy series. A hospital in Pittsburgh is under siege, both from within and without as a huge blizzard brings the city to a standstill. In the hospital, Dr. …
Book Review- Night on Fire by Doug Corleone
Tomorrow I am going to have a guest, Doug Corleone, who writes a mystery series set in Hawaii, featuring attorney, Kevin Corvelli. Doug will be sharing some thoughts on writer’s block that are pretty interesting. I hope you can come back to see what he has to say.In the meantime, here is a short review …
Book Review: A Puree of Poison by Claudia Bishop
Thank you, Carl, for sharing another review. What would I do on Sundays if you didn’t keep me supplied with new reviews? Oh, right, I’d have to write one myself. Enjoy… A Puree of PoisonBy Claudia BishopISBN: 0425193314Publisher, Berkley Prime CrimeDecember, 2003, 260 pgs. This small-town cozy comes with two squabbling sisters, one a gourmand …
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Book Review: Tomb With a View
Tomb With A ViewBy Casey DanielsISBN: 97804252355152010 mass market releasefrom Berkley Prime Crime Pair one of our less interesting presidents, James A. Garfield, with a cute slender, sexually aware private detective, cum medium, and what do you get? You get this delightful cozy mystery, one of several in Casey Daniel’s series of Pepper Martin adventures. …
Guest author tomorrow- Peg Herring
I am pleased to announce that mystery author, Peg Herring, will be my guest tomorrow. She has been doing a blog crawl for the month of February, guesting on a different blog each day with new content. Wow, what an amazing endeavor. I am hard pressed to keep up with this blog and the three …
Guest Blogger Tomorrow
I’m pleased to announce that author, Robert Bennett, will be my guest here tomorrow. He will share how he “accidentally” came into the writing game. Many of us have taken unusual routes to our writing careers, but his was literally an accident. Robert is a social worker and writer who focuses on issues of disability. …
Be My Guest – Linda Faulkner
Thanks for allowing me to visit today, Maryann. I really enjoy your blog and am thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute. One of the things I’ve learned in the past couple of years is that most of us writers have talents we’ve never tapped into. Sure, we can write. But we tend to stick …
Book Review: Absolution by Susan Fleet
AbsolutionBy Susan FleetISBN: 978-1-4357-0841-9Pub. 2008, Lulu & Kindle This brutal, dark and explicit novel has a compelling drive to the third-person narrative that makes it difficult to stop reading. In part, I suspect, readers may be drawn on by an almost irresistible desire to learn how much further the author is willing to go. Set …
Sale on E-Books
There is a terrific sale on the Backlist E-Books site on a wide variety of books from romance to mystery. The sale starts today, Dec 26th and runs through Dec 31st. The books offered were once out in either hardback or paperback by traditional publishers, including my One Small Victory, and the authors retained the …