Rules of CrimeLJ Sellers Paperback: 294 pagesPublisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 26, 2013)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1611098068ISBN-13: 978-1611098068 In this latest Detective Wade Jackson mystery, he is called by his daughter, Katie, who tells him his ex-wife, Renee, is missing. Jackson doesn’t tell Katie, but he suspects that Renee may have fallen off the wagon and has […]
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Spaghetti is not a Finger FoodJodi CarmichaelIllustrated by Sarah AckerleyISBN-10: 0-9829938-8-9ISBN-13:978-0-9829938-8-0Publication Date: December 3, 2012Illustrated Chapter BookFor Children Ages 8-12 Book Blurb: Follow a quirky day in the life of Connor, a brilliant student with an equally high talent for second-guessing the rules. As both entertainment and an accessible educational tool to help teach students
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A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines Paperback: 256 pagesPublisher: Vintage; 1 edition (September 28, 1997)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0375702709ISBN-13: 978-0375702709 A Lesson Before Dying, is set in a small Cajun community in the late 1940s. Jefferson, a young black man, is present at a liquor store shoot out that leaves three men dead, including the white store
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The Gingerbread HouseNell CarsonAn Avalon Romance ISBN-10: 0803474695Hardcover: 192 pages In this sweet romance, Greta Kendall has come back to her roots and established a bridal shop in the first floor of a lovely Queen Anne Victorian near Aspen. The house has been in her family for years, and her mother, who is in the
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Here’s another review from Carl Brookins. He is able to read and review a lot more books than I ever can, and I appreciate that he shares the reviews with readers here. November Hunt By Jess Lourey ISBN: 978-07387-3136-0 A 2012 269 page TP release From Midnight Ink Books The eleventh novel in her Murder
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My guest this coming Wednesday will be Nancy Madore, who is promoting her newest book, The Hidden Ones, which is book one of the Legacy of the Watchers series. The book is a real mix of genres: historical, paranormal, sci-fi, with a bit of romance, and I will admit I was a bit put off
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Thanks to Carl Brookins for another review. I don’t know what I would do without my writer friends who share so generously with me and others. No Body by Nancy Pickard ISBN 0-671-69179-1 Pocket Books, 255 pages Jenny Cain must surely have a unique profession among amateur puzzle solvers. She’s the director of the Port
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Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi: My Humble Quest to Heal My Colitis, Calm My ADD, and Find the Key to Happiness Brian LeafPaperback: 264 pages Publisher: New World Library (October 9, 2012) ISBN-10: 160868136X ISBN-13: 978-1608681365 This is the way this delightful book is described on Amazon: “As a college freshman business major suffering from a variety
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LOSSES By Robert Wexelblatt ISBN: 978-0615669649 BISAC: Fiction / Literary Published by Vagabondage Press LLC Published: September 2012 82 Pages / 25,000 Words / Language: English MSRP $8.95 Trade Paperback / $3.99 Digital “A single father who is a new IRS agent, his cherished and imaginative little girl, a divorced woman having second thoughts about
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Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem, And Malice Paperback: 172 pages Publisher: Nodin Pr (September 12, 2012) ISBN-10: 1935666436 ISBN-13: 978-1935666431 This anthology is the work of the authors of The Minnesota Crime Wave, a group that includes Carl Brookins, Elizabeth Gunn, Pat Dennis, William Kent Krueger, and Joel Arnold, as well as ten other
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