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Category Archives: Fiction
The Epistles of Jesus – Bayard Hollingsworth
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Epistles of Jesus is a fictional story. It provides a theoretical approach to the question of what if we discovered that Jesus had written down his teachings himself, and those teachings had turned out to … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction
Tagged Jesus Christ, Religion
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In the Shadow of Gold: A Tale of the Lost Confederate Treasure – Michael Kenneth Smith
(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) Michael Kenneth Smith’s book, In the Shadow of Gold, is a historical thriller set during the end of the Civil War. It follows the parallel paths of a disgruntled Confederate midshipman intent on stealing the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Historical Fiction
Tagged American Civil War
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No Room at the Morgue – Jean-Patrick Manchette, Translated by Alyson Waters
(reviewed by JD Jung) “They’re going to lock me up. I’m the perfect fall girl. My fingerprints are everywhere, even on the knife that belongs to me, and I got blood all over me.” Maybe another reason that this femme-fatale, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, French Literature, Lost and almost forgotten, World Literature
Tagged French literature, noir
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The Sins of Others – Florian Schneider
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Sins of Others is a historical fiction set in 1933. It tells the story of Ben Heimlich and his estranged mother, who happens to be a militant fanatic on the run. Jane Abbott, an English … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction
Tagged Bosnian war
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The German Client: A Bacci Pagano Investigation-Bruno Morchio
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If Germans and fascists don’t shoot us, Americans bomb us.” Private Investigator Bacci Pagano doesn’t have an easy relationship with the past. He grew up poor as his mother worked in a cigar factory and … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Italian Literature
Tagged Genoa, Italian literature, translated world literature, WWII
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One for the Money (Cat Caliban Series Book 1) – D.B. Borton
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) ”Suspicion is second nature to any woman who’s raised three kids.” I’m going to say something about this book that I don’t think I’ve ever said about a book: I loved every word! It gave me … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged cozy mystery, light humor
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Root and Branch – Preston Fleming
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Root and Branch is a political thriller written about Rogers Zorn, who is a security contractor. He learns that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been using his companies’ discoveries in order to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Political fiction
Tagged political thriller
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The Forger’s Daughter – Bradford Morrow
(reviewed by JD Jung) “…I had an epiphany that, notwithstanding my every effort to steer my gifted daughter clear of the precincts of forgery, she possessed more of the counterfeiter’s mental and physical tools than perhaps even I did.“ Will … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged calligraphy, Edgar Allan Poe, forgery
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The Well of Ice (An Inishowen Mystery Book 3) – Andrea Carter
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) “It always amazes me how any version of the same story can circulate in a small town.” If you love an Irish mystery – and who doesn’t? You’ll enjoy this story given to us from … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged cozy mystery, Irish literature
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Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business – Chris Fenton
(Reviewed by Don Jung) So many people graduate from college and think they can get a job in the film industry only to face rejection and disappointment. This is a true story about a Dartmouth graduate who seeks fame and … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Culture, Non-fiction
Tagged China, entertainment, film industry, NBA
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