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Tag Archives: San Francisco
Quest for Kriya – Rahul Deokar
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Her aroma engulfed him, enticing him to stay. A few seconds seemed like an eternity, but still not enough. Strangers that they were, they stood lost in each other anyway, holding their longing gaze for some … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Culture, Romance
Tagged book reviews, India, Romance, San Francisco, spirituality, suspense, Thailand
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The Last Good Place – Robin Burcell
(Reviewed by JD Jung) A serial killer is on the loose, attacking at San Francisco landmarks. This “landmark strangler” has put the city on edge. When Trudy Salvatori is strangled during her morning run around the Presidio, it looks like … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged San Francisco, SF
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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
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, bookstores, fiction, literature, San Francisco
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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
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
Tagged book reviews, crime fiction, mystery, San Francisco
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You Can’t Win – Jack Black
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “From the day I left my father my lines had been cast, or I cast them myself, among crooked people. I had not spent one hour in the company of an honest person. I had lived … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Lost and almost forgotten
Tagged beat generation, memoir, San Francisco
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A Child Out of Alcatraz -Tara Ison
(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) When I visit San Francisco, I often gaze over the bay to that small island that radiates so much history. This island housed some of America’s most infamous criminals: Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, Historical fiction, San Francisco
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