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Tag Archives: Crime
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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, Crime
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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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged biography, Crime, self-realization, writers
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Ghosts – Chip Scarinzi
(Reviewed by Jennifer Wells) “You can’t run. From what you are.” Ghosts by Chip Scarinzi is a crime novel with a sci-fi twist in which we’re taken through the dream-like tale of Bennett Covington. This isn’t your average mystery. This … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Sci-Fi/Speculative/Fantasy/Mythology
Tagged book reviews, Crime, San Francisco, sci, thrillers
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Outside the Lines (Forensic Handwriting Series) (Volume 6) – Sheila Lowe
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Do you know that hand writing that is small linear with wide spaces between the words indicates someone who is more intellectually than emotionally oriented? A left slant like that of a slingshot drawn back as … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Reviewers' Top Picks
Tagged Crime, handwriting analysis, mystery
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Deception Island – Brynn Kelly
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A kidnapped son. A soldier with a haunted and tainted past. A cornered con woman looking to leave her past behind. A deadly game that has head, heart and lives at stake. The happiest days for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Romance
Tagged book reviews, Crime, Romance, seduction, thrillers
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Someone Must Die – Sharon Potts
(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Aubrey Lynd has always lived her life in blessed ignorance, clinging to the illusion of a protective bubble wrap. And then, her nephew is kidnapped from the middle of a carnival while he was with his … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, Crime, mystery, suspense
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Blues Highway Blues (A Crossroads Thriller) – Eyre Price
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Poor mannish boy, Danny, hear me singing straight at you You know you sold your soul. And now you’ve lost that … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Music inspired
Tagged blues, book reviews, Crime, fiction, New Orleans, punk, rhythm and blues, Robert Johnson
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Heirloom: A New Orleans Thriller – Lisa Rey (Author), LD Sledge (Contributor)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…probably the most incredible story that ever came out of a city that was accustomed to sordid weirdness from Voodoo to political murder…how can a world so beautiful to the eye conceal such sick human behavior … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, Crime, New Orleans, thrillers. New Orleans fiction
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