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The Moment of Everything – Shelly King
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “After working in software for a decade, I understood the bits and bytes of e-mail, Facebook posts, tweets, and texts, but dropping a piece of paper into a box and it appearing on the other side … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, bookstores, fiction, literature, San Francisco
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Down Solo – Earl Javorsky
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I’m jonesing pretty bad, so, bail out of the morgue, score some dope to tide me over, and then on to the next order of business: finding out who killed me.” Huh? Charlie Miner, our … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, mystery
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Die For Me: A Bragg Thriller – Jack Lynch
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Follow the grief and you’ll find the killer.” Peter Bragg, a former San Francisco Chronicle reporter turned private investigator is contacted by a woman, Maribeth, from his past. It’s not what you think. When he was … Continue reading
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Medusa – Michael Dibdin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Every woman is Medusa. When you look into her eyes, you see the entire history of the human race. That’s enough to turn anyone to stone.” Those were the words of a soldier, Leonardo Ferrero, whose … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, Italy
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Poison Pen – Sheila Lowe
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) What does your handwriting tell about you? What does the slant of your writing, the pressure of the writing, opened loop versus closed loop ( like with the letter “g” or “y”), cursive versus print all mean? What … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, handwriting analysis
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Fatale – Jean-Patrick Manchette, Afterword by Jean Echenoz, (Translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) ” I don’t tell them I’m a killer. I’m a woman, and they wouldn’t take me seriously. I tell them that I know a killer. Sometimes I let them assume that he is my lover. That … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, French Literature, Lost and almost forgotten, Noir-esque fiction, World Literature
Tagged book reviews, French literature, noir, world literature
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Cascade Falls – Bruce Ferber
(Reviewed by Don Jung) What does it take to be happy? Finding oneself in this time of uncertainty is a constant theme in Bruce Ferber’s second novel, Cascade Falls. This novel features a host of interesting characters that could be … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, fiction
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Five Night Stand – Richard J. Alley
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “There are four people as similar as they are unique—one at the end of his career, one lost in the middle, one who dreams of beginning, and the fourth, a child, not knowing what … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, Iran
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