AbsolutionBy Susan FleetISBN: 978-1-4357-0841-9Pub. 2008, Lulu & Kindle This brutal, dark and explicit novel has a compelling drive to the third-person narrative that makes it difficult to stop reading. In part, I suspect, readers may be drawn on by an almost irresistible desire to learn how much further the author is willing to go. Set …
There is a terrific sale on the Backlist E-Books site on a wide variety of books from romance to mystery. The sale starts today, Dec 26th and runs through Dec 31st. The books offered were once out in either hardback or paperback by traditional publishers, including my One Small Victory, and the authors retained the …
My new mystery will be released in December by Five Star, so I thought I would post a few excerpts between now and then. Enjoy…. OPEN SEASONPROLOGUE Sarah took a deep breath and faced Quinlin in the stuffy cubbyhole of an office. The room was hot and musty. Dust motes floated in the slivers of …
Since Sunday is book review day here, I thought I’d post the review I just received for my December release, Open Season. This was in Publisher’s Weekly, and I am both humbled and thrilled at the review. Open Season Maryann Miller, Five Star Cengage/Gale $25.95 (302p) ISBN 978-1-59414-915-3 Miller spins a tight tale that’s a …
Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing this review. Vermilion DriftBy William Kent KruegerISBN: 9781439153840Hard Cover from Atria,2010, 305 pages Authors of crime fiction, like authors working in any other genre, often use their talents to work through personal issues, sometimes intensely private issues. Although it is not entirely clear, the writer may be working through …
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Robin Spano’s first book, Dead Politician Society, was released Sept. 1 in hardcover from ECW Press. She has been visiting blogs recently to introduce people to her work and today let her central character ask her a few questions. Enjoy…. Clare Vengel: Why would you want to write books all day? Don’t you get …
Robin Spano, author of Dead Politician Society, will be my guest tomorrow. She will be interviewed by the central character in her book and is a great deal of fun. Stop back by tomorrow if you get a chance. Robin loves to write crime. She loves the plotting, the pacing, and the character arc of …
Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another book review…. McMansionby Justin ScottPoisoned Pen Press255 pages, hardcoverISBN: 1-59058-063-X Justin Scott has written over a dozen mysteries, thrillers and adventure novels under several names, taut, exemplary stories that illuminate and explore many of our social concerns. They are good stories, well-written with drive and panache. This is …
Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing his reviews…. The Anteater of DeathBy Betty WebbPoisoned Pen Press,December, 2008, Hard cover,230 pages, $24.95,ISBN: 9781590585603 This is the beginning of a new series for this veteran author. Just look again at the title. Somewhere in the back of my head there’s a Shakespeare quote. Ms. Webb is an …
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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 …