Category Archives: Mystery/Suspense

Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Jenn

  Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (March 30, 2010) ISBN-10: 0765327821 Source: I bought it! John Wayne Cleaver is a teen boy with his own share of issues.  His mother and aunt run the family mortuary.  … Continue reading →

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Review:The Disappearance by Bentley Little

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Signet (September 7, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451231031 Source: Publisher A group of UCLA students make the long drive to Nevada to attend the Burning Man celebration.  They let loose and enjoy the party atmosphere around them.  One … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition (January 5, 2010) ISBN-10: 0547229895 Source: Library copy   Ruth Galloway, archeologist, lives in a remote area near Norfolk called Saltmarsh.  She has experience recovering ancient relics & remains of … Continue reading →

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Review: Ashes to Water by Irene Ziegler

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 394 pages Publisher: Five Star (June 16, 2010) ISBN-10: 1594148600 Source: Author Annie Bartlett returns to her small Florida hometown after her father is murdered.  She demands to confront the woman acquitted of the crime, and is astonished to … Continue reading →

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Review: Running Dark by Jamie Freveletti

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow (June 29, 2010) ISBN-10: 0061684244 Source: Kaye Publicity Emma Caldridge is running in an ultramarathon in South America.  A bomb explodes on the race route, and as Emma recovers from the shock of the … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review: For the King by Caterine Delors

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (July 8, 2010) ISBN-10: 0525951741 Source: Publisher   On December 24, 1800, an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Napoleon brutally massacres several innocent bystanders. Chief Inspector Roch Miquel must rush to find the guilty … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Jenn

  Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Harper; Reprint edition (May 25, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0061684236 Source: Publisher Biochemist Emma Caldridge is on a flight from Miami to Bogota when the plane goes down in a fiery crash.  Shortly after … Continue reading →

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Review: Never Wave Goodbye by Doug Magee

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Jenn

Hardcover: 289 pages Publisher: Touchstone (June 1, 2010) ISBN-10: 1439153981 Source: Publisher Lena Trainor is full of emotions as she puts her nine-year-old daughter, Sarah, on a bus to camp for the first time.  She’s nervous and anxious for her … Continue reading →

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Review: So Cold the River by Michael Kortya

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jenn

  Hardcover: 528 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition (June 9, 2010) ISBN-10: 0316053635 Source: Received at BEA Eric Shaw is a failed filmmaker who, rather than making the films in LA as he’d hoped and dreamed, … Continue reading →

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Review: On Folly Beach by Karen White

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Jenn

Paperback: 416 pages Publisher: NAL Trade; 1 edition (May 4, 2010) ISBN-10: 0451229215 Source: Publisher  Emmy Hamilton is a recent widow; her husband, a soldier, was killed in Afghanistan.  As to be expected, she’s having a difficult time getting over … Continue reading →

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