Tag Archives: religion

Review: The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 1612183506 Source: Publisher In all his years as an investigator for the Vatican’s Office of the Devil’s Advocate, over 700 cases, Daniel Byrne has yet to … Continue reading →

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Review: I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Hogarth (May 8, 2012) ISBN-10: 0307984737 Source: Publisher In Transylvania in 1939, Josef is just five years old when he witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of the Romanian Iron Guard. He is … Continue reading →

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Review: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062088149 Source: Author Nine-year-old Jesse Hall and his older, mute brother Christopher “Stump” live in the small town of Marshall, North Carolina. Jesse is very protective of Stump, a child … Continue reading →

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Review: The Inquisitor’s Key by Jefferson Bass

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (May 8, 2012) ISBN-10: 006180679X Source: Author In the seventh volume of the Body Farm series, forensic investigator Dr. Bill Brockton leaves the body farm-an outdoor enclosure that studies various levels of body decay-to … Continue reading →

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Review: American Dervish by Ayad Akhtar

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (January 9, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316183318 Source: Publisher (BEA) In 1990, Hayat Shah is in college.  A phone call from his mother announcing the death of his “aunt” Mina draws him back to his youth, how … Continue reading →

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