Category Archives: Mystery/Suspense

Review: The Death of Lucy Kyte by Nicola Upson

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Josephine Tey Mysteries Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Bourbon Street Books (June 10, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-0062195456 Source: Publisher Josephine Tey, a well known British mystery author, learns she has inherited a cottage from a godmother she knew very little about. … Continue reading →

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Review: Suspicion by Joseph Finder

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult; First Edition edition (May 27, 2014) ISBN-10: 0525954600 Source: Publisher Danny Goodman is a struggling writer and single father, working to raise his daughter alone after his ex-wife dies of cancer. His daughter, Abby, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (May 27, 2014) ISBN-10: 0399162178 Source: Publisher Vivian Schuyler is a young, vivacious and determined young woman living in 1960s Manhattan. She’s gone against what is expected of her as a budding socialite and has not only graduated … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Putnam, Review | 2 Comments

Review: Remember Me Like This by Bret Anthony Johnston

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Random House (May 13, 2014) ISBN-10: 1400062128 Source: Publisher Four years ago Justin Campbell disappeared from his home in the small town of Southport, Texas.   The Campbells struggle to find answers, not knowing if he ran … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hollow Ground by Natalie S. Harnett

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (May 13, 2014) ISBN-10: 1250041988 Source: Publisher Eleven-year-old Brigid Howley live in the Pennsylvania coal country. The mines in the ground below their home rage with a deadly ferocity.  They are in constant … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press, Thomas Dunne Books | 4 Comments

Review: Blood Always Tells by Hilary Davidson

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Forge Books (April 15, 2014) ISBN-10: 0765333546 Source: Publisher Dominique Monaghan is involved with a married man. Gary Cowan is a former boxer with a history of sketchy behavior. She knows his marriage to socialite Trin … Continue reading →

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Review: Under a Silent Moon by Elizabeth Haynes

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Detective Chief Inspector Louisa Smith Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Harper (April 15, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062276026 Source: Publisher One morning, the police are called to a cottage to investigate a murder in a quiet English village. The victim, Polly, is … Continue reading →

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Review: Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Jenn

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Random House UK (April 1, 2014) ISBN-10: 1846557283 Source: Publisher Six friends, students at Oxford University, create a game. The game is made up of a series of actions, a truth or dare of sorts.  The … Continue reading →

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Review: The Revenant of Thraxton Hall: The Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Vaughn Entwistle

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Paranormal Casebooks of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Book 1) Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 25, 2014) ISBN-10: 1250035007 Source: Publisher Arthur Conan Doyle is the most hated man in London after he kills off the beloved character of Sherlock Holmes in “The … Continue reading →

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Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Doubleday (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385538499 Source: Publisher West Hall, Vermont has a centuries-old history of strange disappearances and activity tracked back to old, family legends.  The most infamous is that of Sara Harrison Shea, found … Continue reading →

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