Tag Archives: crime fiction

Law of the Jungle – Christina Hoag

Posted on January 7, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) 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 the … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Mygale – Thierry Jonquet (Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith)

Posted on October 25, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Ah, revenge can be so sweet. Now mix it with obsession and a touch of madness, and it turns utterly twisted and bizarre. Such is the case with the intense and fascinating novel, Mygale, written by … Continue reading →

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The Skin Room – Morgan Fleetwood

Posted on October 11, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…I was already imagining her insides —I am not one to stop at the body naked. My imagination ran behind the flesh, into the pulp. I imagined her glistening innards, her yellow and purple heart, the … Continue reading →

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The Final Days of Abbot Montrose: An Asbjørn Krag Mystery – Sven Elvestad and Stein Riverton

Posted on August 23, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) Retired Detective Asbjørn Krag and his police colleague Keller are trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Abbot Montrose. But with no photographs, no one really knows what the Abbot looks like. He … Continue reading →

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Dancing to “Almendra” – Mayra Montero, translated by Edith Grossman

Posted on August 20, 2021 by J D Jung

Comprar este libro It’s October 1957 in pre-Castro Cuba, and Havana is filled with gangsters, casinos, and corruption. Twenty-two-year-old entertainment reporter Joaquín Porrata is fed up with working for a newspaper where he’s only allowed to interview “comedians and whores.” … Continue reading →

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The Underbelly (Outspoken Authors Book 3)- Gary Phillips

Posted on August 10, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) Mulgrew Magrady, an often-times homeless Viet Nam veteran is trying to get his life back on track. Though he is eight months sober, he is still suffering from his earlier impulsive actions. He abandoned responsibility for … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Side of Murder (Curtis Westcott Book 2) – Jeff Buick

Posted on August 3, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) The Wrong Side of Murder involves a twenty-year murder mystery that catches you off guard with all its twists and turns. It features detective Aislinn Bryne who has to cope with a long-lost high school friend … Continue reading →

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The Festival Killer: An RJ Rox Thriller – Jo McCready

Posted on February 21, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “Who knows the heart of a man and what moves in that darkness?” James Bridie (1888-1951) Scottish playwright, … Continue reading →

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Chill Run : An Eddie Barrow Mystery – Russell Brooks

Posted on February 15, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) 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 morale … Continue reading →

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The Concrete Vineyard – Cam Lang

Posted on February 10, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Concrete Vineyard is a murder mystery with elements of urban planning, thrills, twists, and turns that unexpectedly engage the reader from the world they are in. It all begins with the suspicious death of an … Continue reading →

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