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Tag Archives: crime fiction
Broadcast Blues (Clare Carlson Mystery Book 6) – R.G. Belsky
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Clare Carlson, news director for Channel 10 News in New York City is experiencing a mid-life crisis. She’s about to turn fifty years old, three times married, and still looking for Mr. Right. Let’s also not … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, murder, New York City
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: The Vulture Fund – Jeff Buick
(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Two unlikely murders that don’t appear to be related become the focus of Boston detective Curtis Westcoast and his team as they try to unravel one mystery after another. This is a murder mystery series … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, hedge fund, India, murder, murder-mystery
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Confessions of a Gentleman Killer – Johnny Payne
(reviewed by JD Jung) “If I didn’t kill them afterward, you’d say I was the perfect client, boyfriend, husband, or lover. And believe me, that’s the man I want to be, the man I tried to be. And failed.” It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, dark, Historical fiction, London, serial killers
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The Dead Chip Syndicate – Andrew W. Pearson
(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) #CommissionsEarned I’ll admit that I didn’t fall in love with this book right off the bat. But by the second or third chapter, it had really begun to grow on me. The protagonist is Anthony, … Continue reading
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Tagged Action thriller, crime fiction, Macau
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Fakists – John Y Flanagan
(reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Readers will be invited into the world of art forgeries in the light crime novel, Fakists. Specifically, we learn a fascinating manner of who can benefit and how. Tom Landsaw has just been released from … Continue reading
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Tagged art, crime fiction, forgery, light fiction
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Night Candy – Max Tomlinson
(reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned 1979 San Francisco – A serial killer, referred to as “Night Candy”, has the city on edge. They are killing prostitutes and there are no leads. SFPD Inspector Owens has been working on the case … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, psychopaths, San Francisco
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Tard – Del Staecker
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Thou shalt not be a victim, and thou shalt not be a perpetrator. But above all else—thou shalt not be a bystander.” That’s one lesson Richard Bettis learned from Matt. One referred to Matt Mueller … Continue reading
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Tagged corruption, crime fiction, downs-syndrome, family dysfunction, fantasy, philosophy, Religion, sociopaths
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An UnderratedRead Revisited:The Final Days of Abbot Montrose: An Asbjørn Krag Mystery – Sven Elvestad and Stein Riverton
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Retired Detective Asbjørn Krag and his police colleague Keller are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Abbot Montrose. But with no photographs, no one really knows what the Abbot looks like. He … Continue reading
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Tagged crime fiction, Norwegian literature, thrillers
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