Tag Archives: crime fiction

A Death in Valencia – Jason Webster

Posted on January 26, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) When I visit a city for the first time, I like to go to a local English-language bookstore—if I’m lucky enough to find one— to discover novels featuring the town, incorporating its culture into the story. … Continue reading →

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An Exceptional UnderratedRead Revisited: The Dying Crapshooter’s Blues- David Fulmer

Posted on January 23, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Atlanta, 1923: In the midst of Prohibition, the city is seething with corruption, bootlegging, narcotics, gambling, and counterfeiting scams. This would seem the perfect scenario for Joe “Indian Joe” Rose to drift into town, as … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Law of the Jungle – Christina Hoag

Posted on January 9, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Rowena Aldus is an Oxford scholar whose passion is researching the venom in spiders to use for medicinal purposes in humans. Though she finds this fascinating, she struggles to get funding. Author Christina Hoag details … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

Posted on December 24, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned For many of us, ushering in the New Year serves as a letdown, following the joyous Christmas season. For Izzy Miller (aka Muddy Rivers, aka Val Virgo), the season represents the low points of his … Continue reading →

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The Endless Rose – Carlos Maleno (translated by Eric Kurtzke)

Posted on December 19, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Then he thought of that woman, of her writing, that disappeared into itself—chaotic, brutal, savage, suicidal—like automatic writing, or the writing of a lunatic.” Thirty-seven-year-old publisher Roberto Fate was totally mesmerized as he read a … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Fire and Vengeance (Koa Kane Hawaiian Mystery Book 3) – Robert McCaw

Posted on October 10, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) When I first started reading Fire and Vengeance, I didn’t know what I was in for. What I soon realized was that I was experiencing a thrilling murder mystery amidst the gorgeous Big Island in Hawaii. … Continue reading →

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The Safe Game – Wes Verde

Posted on September 18, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) #CommissionsEarned The Safe Game by Wes Verde is undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read. Set in the late 1920’s America, it follows the story of three con artists trying to pull … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Chill Run: An Eddie Barrow Mystery – Russell Brooks

Posted on September 10, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Eddie Barrows wants to be an author, but he can’t get published. He loses his girlfriend, then his job and what else could go wrong? He goes to see his parents to get himself a … Continue reading →

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Exit Strategy – Linda L. Richards

Posted on May 17, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “…the sum of my life left me in a black hole. I was desperate, but I was also empty. Then life suddenly showed me the way to make sense of it. A certain kind of … Continue reading →

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