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Category Archives: Mystery/Suspense
Frightful Friday Review: The Chalk Girl by Carol O’Connell
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button and join in! This week’s Frightful Friday book is The Chalk Girl by … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Putnam, Women's Fiction
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The Retribution by Val McDermid
Hardcover:416 pages Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press (January 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0802120172 Source: Publisher Clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan make quite the dynamic team. The work they’ve done together to put away dangerous criminals makes them the envy … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: The Innocent by Taylor Stevens
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is The Innocent by Taylor Stevens: Hardcover:352 … Continue reading
Posted in Crown Books, Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Thriller
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Review: Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy
Paperback:304 pages Publisher:Berkley; Original edition (January 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0425245837 Source: Kaye Publicity White House chef Olivia Paras has been tasked to work with her nemesis, White House Sensitivity Director Peter Everett Sargeant, on an off-site event for the First … Continue reading
Posted in Berkley Prime Crime, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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Audiobook Review: The Vaults by Toby Ball
Audible Audio Edition Listening Length:9 hours and 6 minutes Program Type:Audiobook Version:Unabridged Publisher:Iambik Audio Inc Source: Publisher In a dystopian 1930′s America, archivist Arthur Puskis discovers a duplicate file in the Vaults, a dark, desolate underground hall containing the city’s criminal … Continue reading
Review: The Strangers on Montagu Street by Karen White
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (November 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0451235266 Source: Publisher In the third of Karen White’s Tradd Street novels, psychic realtor Melanie “Mellie” Middleton is forced to move in with her mother after she discovers her mid-19th century Tradd … Continue reading
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, NAL, Paranormal Fiction, Review
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Mx3 Review: Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Reading level: Young Adult Paperback:224 pages Publisher:First Second (June 7, 2011) Source: Library copy Anya is a student at a private school. She’s not proud of her Russian heritage; her family moved to the United States when she was five … Continue reading
Posted in graphic novel, Horror, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Mystery/Suspense, Review, YA
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Mx3 Review: Darkness All Around by Doug Magee
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Touchstone (October 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 1439154023 Source: Author Eleven years ago, Risa’s alcoholic husband, Sean disappears. Shortly after, her best friend Carol is found brutally murdered. She was able to move on despite these life-altering events. Another man was … Continue reading
Mx3: Review: The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown (October 4, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307394999 Chip & Emily Lipton are desperately attempting to rebuild their lives with their ten-year-old twin daughters after the tragic accident that brought Chip’s career as a pilot to an end. Months earlier, Chip … Continue reading
Review: If Jack’s In Love by Stephen Wetta
Hardcover:368 pages Publisher:Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam (September 29, 2011) ISBN-10: 0399157522 Source: Publisher The Witcher house was the one house in the neighborhood everyone avoided. I was falling apart, dogs always roamed in the yard. Twelve-year-old Jack Witcher lives in that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Einhorn Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review
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