Category Archives: Crime, Mystery and Thrillers

Death in Profile – Guy Fraser-Sampson

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…the internet is a fantastic information source but reading is different. With books you learn things, random things, whatever the author might be talking to you about, and you sort of soak them up like a … Continue reading

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The Poker Game: A Jack Dantzler Mystery – Tom Wallace

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “Dantzler leaned against the marble bar and surveyed the carnage. Five adult males, all deceased, were slumped over in chairs situated around a poker table, victims of what appeared to be a single gunshot to the … Continue reading

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New Orleans Noir The Classics – edited by Julie Smith

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “A hurricane is supposed to have a beginning and an end. It tears the earth up, fills the air with fling trees and bricks and animals and sometimes even people, make you roll up into a … Continue reading

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The Drowned Boy (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) – Karin Fossum

(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) On a warm, Norwegian summer’s day, a toddler wanders from his house only to be found by his mother, floating in Damtjern, a near-by pond. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Sejer’s dizzy spells are becoming more frequent and … Continue reading

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After the Kill: A Jake Roberts Novel (Volume 4) – Cary Allen Stone

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “The victim, a prominent gray haired San Francisco lawyer was face up on his dining room table. His chest was cut on a “Y” incision, autopsy-style, and he was gutted. There were deep, straight- line knife … Continue reading

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Disappearing Honeymooner – Pamela Troutman

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “My husband has disappeared”…..   “Inwardly I groaned. It sounded like an old familiar scenario. Tired marriage. Big bills. Nagging wife and bright, giggly new girlfriend. The husband leaves town and his wife until the girlfriend … Continue reading

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After the Goode: A Jake Roberts Novel (Volume 3) – Cary Allen Stone

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Cary Allen Stone has again drawn me into the world of Jake Roberts. But this time, I’m secretly rooting for the culprit. After the Goode is not only a detective mystery but a love story as … Continue reading

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Red Lights – Georges Simenon, Translated from the French by Norman Denny, Introduction by Anita Brookner)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I met a man in whom, for hours, I tried to see another me, another me that wasn’t a coward, a man I wished I could be like…” Steve Hogan, and his wife, Nancy are driving … Continue reading

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Kill Without Mercy -Alexandra Ivy

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Hell is all they know. Hell is all they have seen and perceived. And, hell is the reason why they forged the strongest bond of friendship, loyalty and trust. Rafe Vargas knows that if there are … Continue reading

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Mind Over Murder – Cary Allen Stone

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “Blood saturated every square inch of the carpeting in the mansions master bedroom, from one distant gilded wall to the others. Unless you slept there, you would have no idea the original color of the carpet … Continue reading

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