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Tuesday, December 6: The Call by Yannick Murphy
Past Selections:
November: The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais
October: Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
September: Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy
August: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
July: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
June: Skipping a Beat by Sarah Pekkanen
May: Pictures of You by Caroline Leavitt
April: Cutting for Stone: Abraham Verghese
March: These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
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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
Posted in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller
Tagged Elly Griffiths, forensic archeology, mystery, Thriller
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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
Posted in Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller, Virginia is for Book Lovers
Tagged Florida, mystery, Thriller
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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
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
Posted in General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, NAL, Women's Fiction
Tagged bottle trees, Karen White, lowcountry, mystery, southern literature
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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
Posted in Blog Post, Crime Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Thriller
Tagged Beauty Killer, Chelsea Cain, mystery, Portland, Thriller
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