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Book Review : A Murder in Passing by Mark de Castrique

[amazon_link id=”1464201498″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Murder in Passing Author : Mark de Castrique Genre : Mystery Pages : 250 Publisher : Poisoned Pen Press Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 Detectives Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson haven’t had much luck with work; cases aren’t coming their way . To while away this time, […]

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Book Review : The Other Woman’s House by Sophie Hannah

[amazon_link id=”0143121510″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : The Other Woman’s House Author : Sophie Hannah Genre : Mystery Publisher : Penguin Pages : 438 Source : Publisher Rating : 3.8/5 Catriona Louise Bowskill (aka Connie) and her husband Christian, or Kit, live in beautiful Melrose Cottage in Little Holling, Silsford. Late one night, when Connie […]

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Best Books of 2012

I read a bunch of books in 2012, but here are three of the best: [amazon_link id=”0812982940″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]- Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker : You’d think that sci-fi and coming-of-age genres wouldn’t mix very well, but they do. The book is based on a scientific phenomena – the shifting of […]

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Book Review : A Cold and Lonely Place by Sara J. Henry

[amazon_link id=”0307718417″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Cold and Lonely Place Author : Sara J. Henry Genre : Mystery Publisher : Crown/Random House Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Troy Chance is a journalist at a small newspaper in Saranac Lake, in the cold snow-filled Adirondack mountain country of New […]

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Book Review : Rally Around the Corpse by Hy Conrad

[amazon_link id=”0983735042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Rally Around the Corpse Author : Hy Conrad Genre : Mystery Pages : 348 Publisher : Seven Realms Publishing Source : Author/Virtual Author Book Tours Rating : 3.5/5 Amy Abel and her tenacious mother Fanny, owners of Abel adventures, run a mystery tour, a travel tour with a […]

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Book Review : A Fistful of Collars by Spencer Quinn

[amazon_link id=”1451665164″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fistful of Collars Author : Spencer Quinn Genre : Mystery Publisher : Atria Books Pages : 320 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.8/5 This is my first Chet-and-Bernie mystery so I didn’t really know what to expect. If you haven’t read one of the books from […]

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Book Review : Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton

[amazon_link id=”034552666X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Great North Road Author : Peter F. Hamilton Genre : Sci-fi, Mystery Publisher : Tor Pages : 1089 Source : Netgalley/ Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Before I requested this book on NetGalley I did a quick net lookup on Peter Hamilton – I hadn’t read him before. […]

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Book Review : Broken Harbor by Tana French

[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Broken Harbor Author : Tana French Genre : Mystery/Thriller Publisher : Viking Pages : 450 Source : Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Broken Harbor features Detective Mike “Scorcher” Kennedy, who appeared in a minor role in Faithful Place – French continues to build upon her “connected” people stories. […]

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Results of the “Broken Harbor” Give-away

Thanks to all the participants. The winner is Mohit G. – I hope you enjoy this fantastic book! All those who requested this book via twitter, please note that you did need to follow me to be eligible. For those commenting at the blog to enter the giveaway, please comment on the give-away post so […]

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Book Giveaway : Tana French’s Broken Harbor

[amazon_link id=”0670023655″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]I’ve been looking forward to reading Tana French’s “Broken Harbor”, so am pretty excited to be able to offer this book as a giveaway to my readers (courtesy publisher Viking Books)! French is a master of atmospheric mystery and suspense, and author of books like Faithful Place and The Likeness. […]

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