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Author Archives: J D Jung
Married to a Stranger – Nahid Rachlin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Did that futile look that so frequently came to her mother’s face point to shattered dreams?…Minou could see the sky turning blood-red. Another day lost, bringing her closer to nothing. She floated in time and space. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Travel
Tagged book reviews, fiction, Iran
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The Body in the Birches – A Faith Fairchild Mystery -Katherine Hall Page
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) It is a kind of relief when, after being laid off from the law firm, Sophie Maxwell learns that she has to take her mother’s place-who, by the way is in Europe with her new husband- … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged mystery
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See Also Murder: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery – Larry D. Sweazy
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) Author Larry D. Sweazy conjures up party-line, rocket-finned cars and long, black pay telephones in See Also, Murder, his version of 1967 North Dakota. When Hilo Jenkins delivers the news of Lida and Erik Knudsen’s murder, … Continue reading
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A Diamond in the Rough – Rich Fogel
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Want to step back into 1950’s baseball and traditional themes of good versus evil? Emmy award winning writer, Rich Fogel does just that in his first novel, A Diamond in the Rough. Whitney Snow is an avid … Continue reading
Sailor Man: The Troubled Life and Times of J.P. Nunnally, U.S. Navy – Del Staecker
(Reviewed by Glenda Anderson) Tremendously touching and skillfully written, Del Staecker’s Sailor Man is succinct yet powerful. And it stunned me. This is a true story of a sixteen-year-old so anxious to join the Navy in WWII and so patriotic to do … Continue reading
In Secret Service – Mitch Silver
Reviewed by Lillian Thurston Ian Fleming may be gone, but this fascinating tale of a 40-year-old secret resurrects the old master. Raymond Greenberg of New Haven, Connecticut, is dead. As executor to his will, his granddaughter, Amy Greenberg, a young … Continue reading
The Alpine Zen: An Emma Lord Mystery – Mary Daheim
(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) The Alpine Zen is the last of the alphabet series by Mary Daheim. For me, though, it is the first; and I am looking forward to starting from the beginning. In this Emma Lord Mystery, we … Continue reading
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Intent to Hold – Thonie Hevron
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “But she’d killed a man. Even though he was inches away from stabbing a deputy, it instigated a worse series of incidents that had almost killed her. The last months had drained her in ways she … Continue reading
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