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Category Archives: Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
She’s so Fine: A Samantha Block Novel- Jaimee Campbell
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) She’s so Fine is a thriller short story written about Samantha. She is a mother of two children and appears to be leading a normal life with ordinary routine wifely chores. However, she is nothing but … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, fiction, thrillers
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Love Is Rich In Both Honey And Venom – Axel Kruze
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Can a Premarital Agreement really justify murder? His father, Henry, hung himself at the senior prom. His mother, Martha, was raped. Both were painfully shy and bullied throughout high school. Martha’s story of survival began after … Continue reading
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Tagged bullies, geeks, murder
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Size Zero – AC Moyer
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Size Zero is a bizarre and crazy murder mystery that revolves around the dark side of the fashion industry. LeClaire Model Management focuses on keeping their young models skinny by strange, unusual methods and then spinning … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, modeling industry, mystery
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Engadine Aerie: A Hardy Durkin Travel Mysteries series (Hardy Durkin Travel Mystery Book 5) – Bluette Matthey
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Engadine Valley, a quiet remote Alpine resort, is about to host a popular ski marathon. However, right before the event, a man is murdered on the slopes and this has international implications. Najib, who was sent … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, mystery, Switzerland
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Rocks Beat Paper: A Wilson Mystery – Mike Knowles
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “You think winning should make you feel like you want to go to Disneyland…That place is for quarterbacks who win games with rules and referees. That isn’t any kind of place for people like us. The … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, Crime
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Heels over Head Paperback – Clay G. Small
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The Lindon brothers and their redneck friend had not only humiliated him in from of the whole damn school but had unleased his father’s scorn. Guy Jr. tightened his fists. No matter how long it took, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged crime fiction, revenge
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The Painted Gun – Bradley Spinelli
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I was in it now, there was no getting out. But since Ashley was painting creepy snapshots of my life, I guess I was always in it. The fact that I didn’t know what I was … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, Guatemala, noir, San Francisco
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Neanderthal Man – Cay Gould
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Among all the things she told herself about Adam Savent, imagined about him, she just never got so far as to confront what she knew and should have confessed to someone, anyone, her knowledge that Adam … Continue reading
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Tagged baby-boomers, book reviews, serial killers
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After You’re Dead: A Jake Roberts Novel, Book 5 – Cary Allen Stone
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “At exactly shift change, Richard stood in the doorway of his bedroom. It was the signal. The five other killers that shared the board understood the directions he had given them, and the consequences if they … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, mystery
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The Knowledge: A Too Close To True Novel – Steven Pressfield
(Reviewed by Don Jung) How does a struggling writer make it in the big city? The Knowledge: A Too Close To True Novel is part crime novel, part self-realization story taken from some real-life experiences of author, Steven Pressfield. It … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Crime, self-realization, writers
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