Tag Archives: mystery

Review: Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington

This debut novel is the perfect combination of mystery meets Southern Gothic. Tarkington’s writing is breathtakingly beautiful; I found myself reading passages aloud over and over again. This writing style instantly captivates readers, commanding attention.  There is a lot going … Continue reading

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Review: Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher Mysteries) by Kerry Greenwood

Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: 5 hours and 50 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (August 29, 2010) Phryne (pronounced Fry-knee) Fisher lives a life of wealth and luxury in 1920s England. Bored of this high-society life, she goes to Melbourne, Australia … Continue reading

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Review: The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

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

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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Mini-Review: Running from the Devil by Jamie Freveletti

  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: On Folly Beach by Karen White

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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A Glimpse Inside Chelsea Cain’s Portland

On Monday, I introduced you all to the thrilling & bone-chilling world of Chelsea Cain.  As I mentioned, setting in Cain’s novels are like a character in and of themselves, so I thought it would be perfect to get a … Continue reading

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