Category Archives: Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem

Mx3 Review: Asylum by Madeleine Roux

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: HarperCollins (August 20, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062220969 Source: Personal Copy Sixteen-year-old Dan Crawford is looking forward to starting the summer program at New Hampshire College Prep.  He’s not really part of the “in-crowd” at his high school … Continue reading

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Mx3 Guest Post: The First Book That Terrified You (Salem’s Lot by Stephen King)

I’m pleased to welcome Julie from Whimpulsive (aka SuziQOregon) for today’s First Book That Terrified You guest post!  Julie is ” an avid reader who lives outside of Portland, Oregon with The Hubster and two incredibly spoiled cats.  I am … Continue reading

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#Mx3 Review: The Red Queen Dies by Frankie Y. Bailey

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (September 10, 2013) ISBN-10: 0312641753 Source: Publisher The year is 2019.  Police detective Hannah McCabe is charged with investigating the deaths of two women, both killed when the drug phenol was  injected into their … Continue reading

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TSS: 2013 Murder Monsters & Mayhem: Week 2 Wrap-Up

I certainly hope you’ve enjoyed week two of Murder, Monsters & Mayhem!  Here’s a quick wrap-up: Review: A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood Guest Post: The Book That First Terrified You (The Books of Blood by Clive Barker) Review: This … Continue reading

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#Mx3 Review: A Cold Season by Alison Littlewood

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 1623650224 Source: Wunderkind PR After Cass’ husband, a soldier,  is declared missing while serving in the Middle East, she packs up her son, Ben, and returns to Darnshaw, a … Continue reading

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Mx3 Guest Post: The Book That First Terrified You (The Books of Blood by Clive Barker)

 Continuing with this special feature, today I am pleased to welcome Kai from Fiction State of Mind to share about the book that first terrified her! The Books of Blood by Clive Barker I still can remember the first time … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: This House Is Haunted by John Boyne

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Other Press (October 8, 2013) ISBN-10: 1590516796 Source: Publisher Twenty-one year old Eliza Cain lives alone with her father. The two share a fondness for the writing of Charles Dickens and, despite her father’s ailing health, … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Allison Hewitt Is Trapped: A Zombie Novel by Madeleine Roux

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition edition (January 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 0312658907 Source: Library Allison Hewitt and her coworkers at Brooks and Peabody Bookstore are trapped together when the zombie outbreak hits.  Allison is able to keep … Continue reading

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2013 Murder Monsters & Mayhem: Week 1 Wrap-Up

I certainly hope you’ve enjoyed week one of Murder, Monsters & Mayhem!  Here’s a quick wrap-up: Review: Day One By Nate Kenyon Review: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Audiobook) Guest Post: The First Book that Terrified You -IT by Stephen … Continue reading

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Mx3 Review: Day One By Nate Kenyon

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (October 1, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250013216 Source: Publisher John Hawke, at one time, was a prominent technology reporter but an ethical transgression forced him into unemployment. Haunted by the mistakes of his past, Hawke … Continue reading

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