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Someone Must Die – Sharon Potts

Posted on July 21, 2016 by J D Jung

(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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Seconds to Live – Melinda Leigh

Posted on July 1, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Everyone has a past to run from. Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett is no different from the norm. He returns from Brazil with a physical scare and a secret in heart and ends up in a car … Continue reading →

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The Drowned Boy (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) – Karin Fossum

Posted on February 22, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Melanie Hamilton) On a warm, Norwegian summer’s day, a toddler wanders from his house only to be found by his mother, floating in Damtjern, a near-by pond. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Sejer’s dizzy spells are becoming more frequent and … Continue reading →

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After the Kill: A Jake Roberts Novel (Volume 4) – Cary Allen Stone

Posted on February 19, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “The victim, a prominent gray haired San Francisco lawyer was face up on his dining room table. His chest was cut on a “Y” incision, autopsy-style, and he was gutted. There were deep, straight- line knife … Continue reading →

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Red Lights – Georges Simenon, Translated from the French by Norman Denny, Introduction by Anita Brookner)

Posted on January 22, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I met a man in whom, for hours, I tried to see another me, another me that wasn’t a coward, a man I wished I could be like…” Steve Hogan, and his wife, Nancy are driving … Continue reading →

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Mind Over Murder – Cary Allen Stone

Posted on January 4, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “Blood saturated every square inch of the carpeting in the mansions master bedroom, from one distant gilded wall to the others. Unless you slept there, you would have no idea the original color of the carpet … Continue reading →

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Sin Tax: A One Eyed Jack Novel (Volume 3) – Christopher J. Lynch

Posted on October 14, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…Justitia, the symbol of equity in our society, her eyes covered, a broadsword in one hand and a set of scales in the other, stood by mutely while I took a posterior augering. That’s when it … Continue reading →

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Hades – Candice Fox

Posted on September 27, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Hades had fallen in love with two chimeras, two monsters in disguise, incapable of feeling the way he felt, of loving the way he loved. The horror they had experienced had cut a hole in them … Continue reading →

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Vortex – Paul D. Marks

Posted on August 7, 2015 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) “We did more than just fight a war; we found a way to cash in on it. I guess we had larceny in us to begin with. And now they thought I had the swag. But … Continue reading →

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Down Solo – Earl Javorsky

Posted on July 13, 2015 by J D Jung

(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 →

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