Here is another book review by Carl Brookins. Mood Swings To MurderAuthor: Jane IsenbergPublisher: Avon Books, PBODecember 2000ISBN: 0-380-80282-1 This is the third book in a series about an English teacher in the New Jersey college system. Bel Barrett teaches for a community college in Hoboken, a great platform for a variety of stories, because […]
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One of my writer friends is kind enough to share his book reviews with me. Thanks to Carl for the following…. THE SERPENT POOLBy Martin EdwardsPublished by Poisoned Pen Press,February, 2010, Hard cover, 284 pgs.ISBN: 978-1-59058-593-1 The author is experienced, long published. He has four mysteries in this, the Lake District police cases, featuring DCI
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Server Downby J.M. Hayes ISBN:978-1-59058-627-3HC from Poisoned Pen Press – May 2009 Reviewed by Carl Brookins Poisoned Pen Press is probably the elite crime fiction publisher in the nation right now. Their standards are very high and under Barbara Peters gimlet eye and firm editorial hand, they rarely stumble. Having Bob always around to beat
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A Journey to Die ForBy Radine Trees NehringISBN 978-1-60364-020-6Wolfmont Press, trade paper296 pg., May 2010 Here’s a good example, if readers still need one, of a crime novel that fits comfortably into the fine tradition of fiction that relies on good writing, a fine plot, odd and usual suspects, and an interesting setting. The author
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Random VictimBy Michael A. BlackISBN: 978-0-8439-5986-4Pub: Leisure Books, pb, 323 pages,April, 2008 How did I miss this one when it first came out? I know the author, been following the man’s writing career. He gave me a copy of this book. Still, I only recently got around to reading it. And discovered to my chagrin
I’ll admit upfront that Dennis Lehane is one of my favorite authors, so any review by me is not going to be totally objective. But you have to admit that an author who can capture a moment is such sparse words as this, is a master at the craft. She whispered his name. She whispered,
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Not too long ago I received a review copy of The View from Brindley Mountain, A Memoir of the Rural South. I was anxious to read it for a lot of reasons. First, because I have been reading a lot of memoirs lately to get a feel for how they are written as I work
I am a picky reader. I’ll freely admit that. It isn’t often that I pick up a book and find reading time infringing on working time, and sleeping time, and eating time, and well, any time. While I enjoy a good story and read a lot of popular fiction, I am usually able to discipline
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Here is another review of a book that would make a wonderful gift. I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing this book when it first came out as a self-pubbed book through IUniverse. After it got rave reviews it was picked up by a major publisher and re-released this year. A wonderful read…. STILL
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Off and on over the next month I will post reviews of books that I think would make good Holiday gifts. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but Dani Greer who founded The Blood Red Pencil blog came up with it first, and there will be recommendations there throughout the month of
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