tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6121228967023315272024-03-08T12:59:12.796-08:00The Mystery GazetteHarriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.comBlogger5061125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-71052175812409119232015-02-08T12:04:00.002-08:002015-02-08T12:04:29.107-08:00The Magician's Daughter-Judith Janeway <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Early in the morning, the Great Valentina
performs an act seeking to find a missing rabbit to pull out of a hat. However, someone steals the donations because
her “hat man” Jeff failed to protect the loot and the twenty-something magician
overhears a teenage “Anime” girl mention Beth Hull to her father. Shocked </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Valentine
Hill knows the name Beth Hull intimately though has not seen her Mommy Dearest </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elizabeth Hill, who uses that alias in her cons,
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">in almost a decade. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Valentine
chats with Ashley but ignores the dad whom she catalogues as a “Creep” rather
than an “Uncle”. Ashley tells her that
her father’s public girlfriend Beth lives in San Francisco. Jeff arrives to say he is playing a gig in
Berkley, but Valentine rejects him.
Afterward she arrives home to find Jeff ransacked her room and took her
money.</span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Pacific Heights, Valentine goes to see her
mom only to be stopped by all muscle no brain Dwayne. When she awakens from a beating lying near a
corpse, FBI Agent Eugenia Philips takes her to her next door apartment where
they chat re Beth. Trusting no one, she escapes from Phil only to end up in a
SFPD car with Homicide Inspector Lopez interrogating her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The above paragraphs represent parts of the
first two chapters in perhaps the most action-packed crime thriller in
years. Over the top of </span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lafayette Park</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">, but </span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">filled with numerous taut twists and red herrings, and
starring a great protagonist (mindful of the leads in </span><em><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Now You See Me)</span></em><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">, the misnamed Magician's Daughter is a spectacular first Valentine Hill
Mystery. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-52822205075337153282014-10-30T12:17:00.002-07:002014-10-30T12:17:07.021-07:00Treacherous Tart-Ellie Grant <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maggie Grady and her widowed Aunt Clara own Pie in the Sky in
Durham, North Carolina. The business is
booming and both females have boyfriends.
Maggie met hers, <span style="background: white;">reporter Ryan Summerour,<span class="apple-converted-space"> when he worked on the homicide of her former New
York boss (see </span>Plum Deadly); while Aunt Clara’s </span>Donald Wickerson is
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ryan writes an exposé on Donald suspected of killing several
wealthy wives in what seemed like coincidental accidents that enabled him to inherit
their money. Clara reads Ryan’s article
and rejects it as her Donald is sweet and kind and ergo no way a murdering
widower. When someone kills Donald in
the Pie in the Sky, Maggie knows that DPD will look closely at her beloved aunt
as the prime suspect just as they named her when her boss’ body was left by the
pie shop’s back door <span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white;">(see </span></span><span style="background: white;">Plum Deadly). W</span>ith Ryan at her side she investigates
the homicide only to seemingly find enough people with revenge motives to fill
Cameron<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <em><span style="font-style: normal;">Indoor </span></em></span><span style="background: white;">Stadium</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The second Pie Shop mystery is an entertaining culinary cozy with
a dynamic witty lead sleuths, denier Aunt Clara and several viable suspects
filled with rage at the apparent <span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">uxoricide serial killer</span>.
Team Grant provides the audience with a winning regional <span style="background: white;">investigative whodunit.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-23675803383827772432014-10-28T12:08:00.002-07:002014-10-28T12:08:59.480-07:00Dead Don't Lie-L. R. Nicolello <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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find a DVD apparently sent to her by her family in Seattle. When she plays it, she observes the vicious
slaughtering of her parents and her fourteen years old sister. Numb but she prays this is a cruel prank
until Police Detective Nikols calls to inform her that her family is dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fifteen years later, having changed her surname and motivated by
the slaughter of her family, Seattle Detective Evelyn Davis now is considered
the top profiler in the department, reinforced by the horrible Langdon
homicides. She keeps her distance from
everyone, but her partner Ryan O’Neil, his wife Kate and their children welcome
her as a favorite “relative”. Dinner
with the O’Neil brood ends when their supervisor Captain Kessler tells them
Chief Diaz wants them working a family annihilator case on Mercer Island, the
second in two weeks there. Due to the
mayor’s request, FBI Special Agent Marcus Moretti joins the investigative team. He provides information on the deaths of the
Garland and Middleton family who both had two young daughters. Marcus conceals one thing from Evelyn; that
he wants her on his special task force.
As they work the case that turns Deja vu personal, the Fed and the local
officer fall in love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from the first family invasion until the final confrontation. Readers will respect Evelyn and admire caring
<span style="background: white;">Marcus even while the serial killer pushes the
heroine’s buttons into mental freefall.
Although the love subplot is unnecessary, this is a tremendous romantic
suspense.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Olally Elementary school sixth grader finds a human foot. Sheriff’s Detective Kendall Stark and Kitsap
County Forensic Pathologist <strong><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Birdy Waterman </span></strong>look into what
happened that led to a <strong><span style="background: white; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">severed body part.
The rest of the person is not found nearby and remains missing. Birdy believes an animal ripped the foot off
of a probably dead teenage girl.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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Birdy’s sixteen year old nephew Elan asks to stay with his aunt for a while as
he left his home after seeing his mom in his bed with her lover. At about the same time Elan came to Port
Orchard, Ted Roberts dies suspiciously with the pathologist thinking his wife
Jennifer poisoned him. Thus Birdy heads
to Arizona to exhume and test the body of Jennifer’s first husband for
poison. Extreme Hoarder Tess “The Mess”
Montgomery reports her high school daughter Darby missing to the Sheriff’s
Department; and soon afterward dirt biker and Afghanistan war veteran Marvin
Best finds a corpse with one foot missing in a garbage bag. Investigating Darby’s homicide, Stark and
Waterman follow clues leading to a fired prison guard and an extreme narcissist
serial killer convict with raging grudges towards Tess.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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investigative mystery with a three-dimensional cast involved in several
dysfunctional relationships (by far the most positive is the friendship and mutual
respect between the two investigators). Filled
with twists, especially an astonishing unexpected but plausible climatic spin,
readers will appreciate the detective and the pathologist working together on
two homicides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-89817659294745438482014-10-25T12:38:00.002-07:002014-10-25T12:38:13.010-07:00Desert God-Wilbur Smith <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After a century of civil war, the adversarial Egyptian kingdoms
face a deadly invasion from the Steppes.
The Hyksos horde defeated the Northern Kingdom and begun the assault on
the Southern nation driving the people away from the Nile into the wilderness. At Thebes, the Egyptian army defeated the Hyksos
stopping further incursion, but the invaders occupy all of the North and parts
of the Southern Kingdom preparing for King Salitis to renew the conquest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Desperate Pharaoh Tamose turns to his top advisor, former slave Taita
the eunuch, for guidance. The geographical
edge resides with the enemy as Taita realizes his kingdom controls no Great Sea
ports. Thus he informs the Pharaoh that
the only way to beat the enemy is an alliance with the Sumerians and Cretans;
though the latter already is allied with the Hyksos. To anchor the pact, Taita persuades Tamos to
offer in marriage his royal daughters, sixteen years old Tehuti and her
fourteen years old younger sister Bekatha, to Crete’s Supreme Minos. Accepting the plan, Tamos assigns Taita to
safely escort the princesses to Crete.
As they travel the dangerous bloody trek with external and internal
threats assaulting them, Tehuti informs Taita that there is a slight problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Desert God continues the engaging adventures of Taita (see <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">River God and </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Warlock, etc.) in a </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">fast-paced storyline that combines a strong sense of
time and place with plenty of gory action.
The lead eunuch and princesses are fully developed with Taita somewhat a
father figure to the royals; while he ironically misses the obvious that the audience
will anticipate. The well-written ending
is a fine mystical finish to another pleasurable </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Novel of
Ancient Egypt.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-25070444575864344552014-10-07T11:49:00.002-07:002014-10-07T11:49:20.591-07:00Frenzy-John Lutz <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Investigative Agency chief Frank Quinn and law enforcement with their dogs in
pursuit feel they have the D.O.A. serial killer trapped. As he flees, D.O.A. shoots Quinn in the back
near Creighton Lake before taking off in his nearby plane. However, his escape ends abruptly when the
plane explodes killing the psychopath.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Commissioner Renz hires Q&A to investigate the mass murders of five teenage
students and their twenty something art teacher in the Fairchild Hotel. Each of the six victims had the initials
D.O.A. carved into their head. Quinn
realizes that the victims, on a field trip from Ohio, had the misfortunate to
meet still alive D.O.A. With the
gauntlet tossed, Quinn and D.O.A. make the rematch personal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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A plays a smaller role than usual) investigative tale (see Twist) is an
action-packed over the top of the Empire State Building big cat and big cat
thriller. Although the switching between
the present in NYC, two years ago in Maine, 1992 Sarasota and 1940 Dunkirk
initially is confusing, readers will anticipate the stratospheric testosterone
confrontation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-13585787291560892072014-10-05T11:06:00.002-07:002014-10-05T11:06:45.458-07:00Agatha Christie The Monogram Murders-Sophie Hannah <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In
1929 London, Belgium refugee Hercule Poirot enjoys a late supper as the only
patron at the Pleasant’s Coffee House. A
distraught woman enters the restaurant allowing wintry air inside. Employee “Flyaway Hair” knows this troubled
female Jennie who orders tea.
Introducing himself as a detective, Poirot offers to help her; but
Jennie insists it is too late as she is dead and no one should look for the
culprit before she makes a rushed exit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yard Inspector Edward Catchpool investigates the murders of three people at the
<span style="background: white;">Bloxham Hotel.
T</span>wo women and a man died from poisoning and inside their
respective mouths is a monogrammed gold cuff link. Due to Jennie’s lament not to open their
mouths, Poirot believes the mass murders and the disturbed female who ruined
his mellow dinner are part of the same case. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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enjoyable Monogram Murders is a <span style="background: white;">pleasant </span>Poirot
mystery in which for the most part Sophie Hannah captures the essence of Agatha
Christie’s classic sleuth and the era he did his mojo. Readers will like the Depression Era English whodunit
though purists will miss Hastings since Catchpool replaces him as the narrator;
personally I do not like either of these Dr. Watson wannabees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-11988717883709331122014-10-04T11:53:00.002-07:002014-10-04T11:53:11.489-07:00Going Gone-Sharon Sala <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Mexico though still hurting from his confrontations, the
retired Stormchaser feels euphoric after he slaughtered the FBI agents pursuing
him. However, his elation turns to rage
when he learns his enemies not only survived but are with women he unsuccessfully
tried to kill. This time he targets
someone he worked with at disaster relief, Red Cross volunteer Laura Doyle, who
survived a plane crash in the Rockies when her fiancé FBI Agent Cameron Winger
led a rescue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Stormchaser begins a killing spree to get him closer to his
intended victim, but uses a different M.O. to conceal he’s back. However, his setbacks, desperation and injuries
lead to mistakes he never made before as the Stormchaser increasingly loses
control.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The final Forces Of Nature romantic suspense (see
Going Twice) is an exciting thriller as the audience anticipates the
confrontation, but not a surprising third party hero. What makes Going Gone a winner is the mental
deterioration of the villain from his Going Once diabolical brilliance. Sharon Sala provides a taut finish to this
engaging trilogy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-27817127119350617562014-10-04T11:51:00.002-07:002014-10-04T11:51:34.310-07:00Strong Darkness: A Caitlin Strong Novel-Jon Land <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong Darkness: A Caitlin Strong Novel</span></cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jon Land<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Forge, Sep 30 2014, $26.95<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After confronting religious fanatics with a bulldozer at a funeral
for a fallen warrior, Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong and her boyfriend <span style="background: white;">Cort Wesley Masters are in Providence where his son
Dylan Torres lies in a hospital in an induced coma due after suffering a blunt
force trauma. PPD Detective Finneran
leads the inquiry, but objects to Caitlin’s involvement having dealt with her
previous visit to Brown University (see </span><em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Strong Rain Falling)</span></em><span style="background: white;">. At about the
same time, San Antonio College Professor Guillermo Paz envisions Strong needs
him. As Masters and Strong investigate
the assault, they find a link to Chinese businessman Li Zhen managing the
construction of a new 5G network in Texas and missing hooker Kai whose clues to
her whereabouts are corpses. Strong
heads home where Paz joins her to look into Li’s empire and Masters goes to New
York following a lead re his son’s attack.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1883, Caitlin’s great-grandfather Texas Ranger <span style="background: white;">William Ray Strong and Judge Roy Bean find evidence of
a different type of killer than any either has seen before. They follow the murdered bodies alongside of
the railroad tracks in an effort to end a serial killer’s relentless slaughter. Ironically William’s case and that of his
great-granddaughter mirror each other; as the twenty-first century psychopath’s
M.O. apparently copies that of the nineteenth century maniac.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The sixth Caitlin Strong Texas Ranger thriller (see Strong Vengeance
and Strong at the Break) is a fantastic police procedural that grips the reader
whether it is 1883 or the present. The
key to this exhilarating entry is Jon Land’s ability to effortlessly switch
between the three subplots; which makes for a fabulous fast-paced mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-8950555982357168982014-10-01T12:21:00.000-07:002014-10-01T12:21:03.303-07:00French Pastry Murder-Leslie Meier <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Leslie Meier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kensington, Sep 30 2014, $25.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">TV hostess of <span style="background: white;">Women Who Make a
Difference,</span> Norah Hemming provides a trip to Paris to four deserving Tinker’s
Cove, Maine women (and their husbands) due to their raising money and awareness
for two decades for the <span style="background: white;">Hat and Mitten Fund </span>charity. One of the quartet Pennysaver columnist <span style="background: white;">Lucy Stone also looks forward to seeing her daughter
Elizabeth who works at the Cavendish Hotel in Paris. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">T</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">he eight visiting Americans enjoy the
City of Lights as they tour the attractions, and Lucy and her husband are
thrilled in seeing their oldest though the two females argue somewhat. Lucy and her three friends (<span style="background: white;">Sue, Rachel, and Pam)</span> obtain lessons at Le
Cooking School from renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau. However, at the school, Lucy finds Chef Larry dying
from a knife stabbing in his chest. <span style="background: white;">Police Commissaire LaPointe leads the official inquiry
starting with taking the passports from Lucy and her companions as they are
suspects. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The latest Lucy Stone mystery (see <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Christmas Carol Murder and Easter Bunny
Murder</span></em>) is an enjoyable Parisian whodunit as the Americans in Paris
theme is fun to follow. Although the
mystery is over the top of the Eifel Tower, series fans will relish this <em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">bon
appétit</span></em> entry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-51171680216287539722014-10-01T12:19:00.003-07:002014-10-01T12:19:59.997-07:00Murder at Marble House: A Gilded Newport Mystery-Alyssa Maxwell <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Murder at Marble House: A Gilded
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kensington, Sep 30 2014, $15.00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN 9780758290847<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1895 Newport, Rhode Island, eighteen year old Consuelo
Vanderbilt refuses to marry the Duke of Marlborough, the chosen one selected by
her mother, Alva. When Consuelo’s poor
cousin Emma Cross arrives, Alva warns her to persuade the recalcitrant teen or
else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not long afterward, Madam Devereaux the psychic is found murdered
in the Marble House gardens and Consuelo is missing. Knowing her niece recently solved the <cite>Murder At The Breakers,</cite>
Alva orders Emma to discreetly find Consuelo before the Duke, coming from
England to New York before he arrives in Newport. Limited by what she can do without bringing
attention to the Vanderbilt family, Emma worries about her cousin’s safety as more
homicides occur and clues take her to the underbelly of the affluent city.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The second Gilded Newport Mystery is an
entertaining historical amateur sleuth that deftly combines a deep look at the
rich and famous with a whodunit. Emma is
terrific as she deals with her demanding aunt while her inquiry focuses on
finding her cousin, but doing so without anyone learning Consuelo vanished. At the same time a killer is on the loose but
seemingly not part of Emma’s increasingly desperate search. <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-23207451641126429932014-10-01T12:18:00.002-07:002014-10-01T12:18:38.312-07:00The Perfect Witness-Iris Johansen <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Perfect Witness <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">St. Martin's Press, Sep 30 2014, $27.99<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Her father recognized the advantage of his daughter having the
ability to know people’s deepest secrets and used his offspring to help him
become the head of the New Jersey Mafia.
At her murdered father’s funeral, Teresa Casali saw in the eyes of the
new Don Rico Camano that he wants her dead.
Henchmen who attended her Sweet Sixteen last month pursue her and shoot
her in the arm as she flees into a forest expecting to die before the night
ends. A stranger appears out of nowhere
and persuades the frightened teen to trust him.
Aware of Teresa’s paranormal talent, Andre Mandak takes a hesitant
Teresa to safety and provides her with a new identity as Allie Girard and the
normalcy of a caring family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Seven years later, Allie still wonders when her savior collects
whatever he wants from her; as everyone one has a scheme. When her past exposes her, Allie is on the
run to protect her loved ones from killers.
However, she also plans to use her skill to take the fight to her
enemies with Mandak’s help; even as he informs her just what he needs from her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Perfect Witness is Iris Johansen at her action-packed best as
this dark thriller grips readers from the start to the finish. The key players all have hidden agendas, but
the heroine keeps the taut storyline focused as she matures from a stunned
frightened teen on the run into a still frightened on the run fighting machine with
a plan to fight back. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-88857102236744595722014-09-26T12:05:00.003-07:002014-09-26T12:05:30.141-07:00To Dwell In Darkness-Deborah Crombie <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">To Dwell In Darkness<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Morrow, Sep 23 2014, $25.99<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Save London’s History operatives toss a smoke bomb in the historical
St. Pancras Station to disrupt a musical gala.
Instead of a harmless but frightening prank, the bomb injures a band
manager Tam Moran and burns an unknown to an unidentifiable crisp. Exiled to Camden, Detective Superintendent
Duncan Kincaid leads the investigation.
Evidence points to former cop Ryan Marsh who initially was thought to be
the victim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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believes electronics shop clerk Dillon Underwood raped and killed tweener Mercy
Johnson. However, she struggles to find
concrete evidence to put this deadly pedophile away before he harms or murders
some other child.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meanwhile their children find a momma with a litter of four newborns
freezing in a locked shed. They struggle
with what to do with the five cats they rescued.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The sixteenth Kincaid- James British police procedural (see The
Sound Of Broken Glass, No Mark Upon Her and Necessary As Blood) is an engaging mystery
in which the married cops work separate cases while the kids add a personal
touch to the mix. Kincaid’s bombing
inquiry is the stronger case as <cite>Deborah Crombie weaves history and architect into the investigation
carried out by the DS and familiar officers. James’ probe is well written but not as
thrilling.<o:p></o:p></cite></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-2204117727298881702014-09-26T12:04:00.003-07:002014-09-26T12:04:40.214-07:00The Deep End (A Casey Holland Mystery)-Debra Purdy Kong <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Vancouver, British Columbia, Mainland Security
Specialist Casey Holland conducts surveillance of teen shoplifters who cleverly
steal from the Gen Mart Department Store.
Her task is to follow them, but not to confront them. Instead, the thieves mark her and attack her
though she has no idea how they knew she was undercover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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also struggles with the behavior of her thirteen going on thirty years old ward
Summer, whose mother is in prison. Her
biggest concern for the young teen is Summer’s older slimy boyfriend.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Center. However, she is astonished when
she knows one of the kids there; in trouble potentially for murder teenager
Justin Sparrow, whose grandmother Amy is her friend. The facility’s manager Mac Jorgeson suffers a
fatal heart attack and too coincidental to ignore soon after another person
employed there also dies. Fearing for Justin’s
safety, Casey investigates the deaths even while a third near fatality occurs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fourth Casey Holland Mystery (see The
Opposite of Dark,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Deadly Accusations
and Beneath the Bleak New Moon) is an enjoyable tale starring a caring, nice
(perhaps too nice) heroine who suffers bumps and bruises while working two
violent cases. Harder for Casey than the
assault on her body is the “attack” on her mind by her ward. Readers will dive into The Deep End even with
no water in the pool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-68373250890145912852014-09-26T12:03:00.002-07:002014-09-26T12:03:45.422-07:00Martini Regrets-Phyllis Smallman <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After having one last drink with a friend in Miami, Sherri Travis breaks
her dad’s admonition to never drive across the Everglades at night. However, she needs gas to complete her trek
through the swamp to Jacaranda, Florida
where she lives with her fiancé Clay Adams and owns the Sunset Bar and
Grill. At a station, she hears a boy
pleading with the female attendant to save his life. When she refuses, he hits Sherri and takes
her car. The girl is also gone as two
“swamp rats” arrive. Sherri takes cover
in a pipe and then the swamp before finding a nursery with a murder victim
inside. She recovers her car and gets
home, but vows to say nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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inside dead. She soon has a visit from
the late nursery owner’s affluent brother Ethan seeking information on a
special orchard his sibling allegedly possessed. Helping Clay with his business and coming to
the bar, enables Ethan to become part of their lives though Sherri wishes he
would leave. Ethan won’t because he
knows the bartender is the last living person to have been in the nursery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The latest Sherri Travis Mystery <span style="background: white;">(see
</span>Highball Exit,<span style="background: white;"> A Brewski For The Old Man
and Margarita Nights) is a twisting thriller filled with people ready to kill
to possess a rare orchard. The heroine’s
time in the Glades is incredible as we will feel lost too; while her efforts to
stay out of the mess fails because obsessive collectors know where she has been. With an unexpected shocker and a reluctant
amateur sleuth, Martini Regrets is a fantastic crime drama.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The vicious assault against her and her mom in their home in Plano,
Texas leaves Olympic-level gymnast Sophia Montgomery in an Arkansas hospital
unable to speak due to larynx damage and aware her crushed hands will never
allow her to compete ever again. Police
Detectives Julian Frazier and Brody Alexander lead the investigation that
frustrates the victim and the cops. Her
grandmother Alena Borin visits Sophia who does not recognize the woman. Lip reader Charlie Wallace arrives to
interpret Sophia’s responses to Julian’s questions starting with the attack on
her and Mamochka, and their demands that her mom give them something. Julian tells her that her Mamochka is dead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Worrying about Sophia’s safety as those who invaded her home
thought she was dead, Julian wonders what the Russians wanted and how come the
deceased was estranged from her own mother who refuses to talk about why. Julian admires Sophia’s tenacity but denies
he is falling in love. As he and his
partners work the case, Julian feels knowing what caused the estrangement is
critical and clues may be found in a memorial quilt made by Mamochka.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The latest Quilts of Love inspirational (see </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Grand Design by Amber Stockton</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and
A Promise In Pieces by Emily T. Wierenga) is a terrific police procedural in
which the past haunts the present and thereby impacts the future. The cast is strong and the Russian intrigue
adrenaline pumping. The romance takes a
backseat to the suspense as the hero insists the victim is a trauma patient
needing protection not love; while he also struggles with his lost faith having
blamed God for his late partner Eli’s death and fearing the same abandonment re
Sophia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-23423088293739326322014-09-24T11:52:00.003-07:002014-09-24T11:52:38.566-07:00Cat In A Yellow Spotlight-Carole Nelson Douglas <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="a-size-large"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wishlist Publishing, Aug 22
2014, $15.99<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.wishlistpublishing.com/"><span style="color: black;">www.wishlistpublishing.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two and a half decades ago, the great rock band Black & White
was the hottest group around as everything they did went platinum. However, superegos fueled by excess sex and
overdosing on drugs led to the band’s bitter dissolving; though the two superstars
(Chocolatte and French Vanilla) had great solo careers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Now twenty-five years since the ugly public break-up, Black &
White is in Vegas to perform a reunion event at the Crystal Phoenix. The hotel’s boss lady Van Von Rhine tells her
public relations consultant Temple Barr to babysit the group; especially the
critical feuding two divas, ready to rage Chocolatte and paranoid frail French
Vanilla. When a corpse related to the
band is found, LVPD Lieutenant Molina investigates; while Temple’s feline
protector Midnight Louie, Miss Midnight Louise and the cat crew also make
inquiries, in the feline’s case to insure their favorite PR guru remains safe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The latest Midnight Louie anthropomorphic
mystery (see Cat In A Vegas Gold Vendetta, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cat In A White Tie And Tails
and <em><span style="font-style: normal;">Cat In An Alien X-ray</span></em>) is a deadly rock and roll reunion tale
filled with taut twists (including Kitty the Cutter) and pop culture
trivia. Temple keeps the prime storyline
focused, although the divas headline this show with their behavior; while
series fans will enjoy the antics of the father and daughter feline duet
working their tails off investigating the murder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-75287842373361761032014-09-24T11:51:00.003-07:002014-09-24T11:51:45.617-07:00To Hell And Gone In Texas-Russ Hall <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">To Hell And Gone In Texas <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Russ Hall<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Red Adept Publishing, Sep 4 2014, $13.99<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">www.r</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">edadeptpublishing <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN:<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">9781940215334<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Travis County Sheriff Clayton and his deputies
barely are at the gruesome crime scene in which a father and his two adult sons
were decapitated when ICE agent Jaime Avila takes over the investigation. Soon afterward, Clayton calls his retired former
sheriff's detective Al Quinn to inform him that his estranged brother Maury has
been hospitalized, and the Austin City Homicide cops are treating it as an
attempted murder. Reluctantly he arrives
at the hospital where his former prom date so many years ago towering Detective
Ferguson Jergens guards Maury. Having
not spoken in two decades to Maury, he is stunned to see how frail his sibling
is and shocked that he took three Viagra pills in spite of a heart problem
preventing his obtaining a prescription.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">When a second attempt at murdering Maury occurs;
Al puts aside his animosity and fishing to take his brother to his secluded lakeside
house. However, Al’s home no longer is
secluded as Avila arrives and insists Maury turn informant. Fergie investigates several murders tied to
sex addicted Maury and arson burns down Al's house; while the Los Zetas Mexican
mob adds to the sibling tsuris.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">To Hell And Gone In Texas is an
exciting action-packed crime thriller with a fabulous late twist. Quinn is the taciturn reluctant hero who
knows his insides are emotionally scarred while Maury shares his DNA but passionately
leaps into the inferno as he believes The Gods Must Be Crazy 2. The support cast and locale add depth to a suspenseful
Lone Star State mystery.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Fiction River: Past Crimes<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">WMG Publications, Oct 1 2014, $15.99<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Stolen In Passing” by Dory Crowe. In 1857, the slave catchers arrive at Cape
Cod in pursuit of a runaway; unaware why here.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“New World Gambles” by Leah
Cutter. As the Canadian-Pacific is
built, with a Tong connection Mei works tables in Victoria.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Bank Teller” by Jamie McNabb. He left Puget Sound for five years, but in
1901 returns seeking revenge against those who shanghaied him.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“An Education For Thursday” by Dean
Wesley Smith. Arriving in Delamar, Idaho
Angela seeks revenge against two rapists.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Curious Case Of The Ha’Penny
Detective” by Lee Allred. In 1923 on the
Canadian Pacific, Drennen and Nevins discuss Professor Chase. <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Horns Of Hather” by Richard
Quarry. Decreeing all will worship Aten,
the Pharaoh sends Chenzira to stop the Festival of Opet. <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Impressions” by Lisa
Silverthorne. In 1780s London, as a child
he saw his first death mask; as an adult he hunts this serial killer.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Raiders” by Cat Rambo. In 1858, he met the pickpocket in New York;
they meet again as POWs in Andersonville.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Monster In Our Midst” by Kris
Nelscott. In 1918 Arkansas, Lureen sends
a postcard depicting a lynching to Emerson in Atlanta.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Blood And Lightning On The Newport
Highway” by M. Elizabeth Castle. The
Revenuer returns to Knoxville with plans for the nearby moonshiners.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Deathmobile” by Michelle Lang. In 1977 Long Island, Mr. Deathmobile
threatens Little Rocky and Tony. <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The Stonewall Rat” by JC
Andrijesdi. Working for the mob, he and
his partner seek the informer at the gay establishment when a kid arrives; soon
afterward the police raid the place.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Meeting the exceptional quality of
previous anthologies, this collection contains excellent Past Crimes short
stories.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-66383011961226312682014-09-21T12:01:00.002-07:002014-09-21T12:01:39.812-07:00A Death On Sunday-Tish Owen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Death On Sunday <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tish Owen<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willow Tree Press/E.M.A. Mysteries, Jul 29 2014, $16.95<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Maher cherishes brunch with her extended family at her mommy’s home. However, this time a long-distance shot is
fired towards the house; Tess’ best friend Chick Donnelly falls out of a tree
dead. Near his body are drawings he made
of his beloved Tess.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Although Chick’s death may have been a freakish
hunting accident; Tess, her brother County Sheriff Connell Maher and their
father the former sheriff believe a professional hit occurred though none of
them can fathom why. The Tennessee
Bureau of Investigation sends Agents Lyle and Boyd to take charge of the
homicide inquiry based on Chick’s alleged drug dealings. They warn the Maher family to stay out of their
case or face charges of interference in an official state investigation. Firmly believing that grieving Tess murdered
her lover over drug money, the TBI cops look nowhere else for the killer. Knowing she will be railroaded, Tess, with
help from her family and friends, stealthily conducts her own inquiry seeking a
motive including Chick’s business, Donnelly Repair and Restoration.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Putting aside that a family of cops and a private
eye fail to obtain a lawyer with TBI focused solely on Tess, A Death On Sunday
is a terrific whodunit as the homicide is personal. Mourning her loss, Tess’ chats with the late
Chick feel genuine and add depth to an engaging investigation in which the
heroine works around the Knoxville stereotyped obnoxious outsiders. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perseverance: Sep 9 2014 $15.95<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN: 9781564745491<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">At the Centumviral Court, Gaius Pliny successfully prosecutes the
case for his future mother-in-law Pompeia Celerina against rival defense Marcus
Regulus who represented Quintus Vibius. Pliny’s
martinet mother and Pompeia host a victory celebration that includes toasting
the upcoming wedding between their children though Pliny loves his slave Aurora
instead of his wealthy beautiful fiancée Livilla.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Aurora recently met impoverished Crispina and her ailing son. She persuades Pliny and his friend Tacitus to
accompany her in order to help Crispina.
When they arrive at Crispina’s home, they find neither her nor her son
in residence; left behind is an enigmatic word square. The trio soon finds out that raging Regulus arrived
before them and a further search of the grounds reveals a decapitated female
body. Horrified by the gruesome sight of
a headless corpse, Aurora and Pliny find comfort with each.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The fifth Notebooks of Pliny the Younger (see The
Corpus Conundrum and </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Death in the Ashes) is a twisting complicated Ancient Rome revenge
thriller with additional stunning spins in the protagonist’s personal
relationships. Although the case turns
overly byzantine, readers will relish traveling the Ostian Way; escorted by
Pliny and Aurora.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-16673534983448901732014-09-20T11:59:00.002-07:002014-09-20T11:59:30.228-07:00Shadows on a Maine Christmas: An Antique Print Mystery-Lea Wait <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Shadows on a Maine Christmas: An
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lovers Will <span style="background: white;">Brower</span> resides
in Maine while antique dealer Maggie Summer lives in New Jersey. Besides the issues of a long distance
relationship, the couple disagrees over adopting a child. Will insists never; while Maggie may soon
raise a little girl or two young sisters.
However, the couple agrees to share a Maine Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maggie the obsessive anxiety queen fears when she tells her
beloved about the potential adoption, he will kick her butt back to the Garden
State. She adores the way he cares for
his ailing Aunt Nettie, but panics his caretaking blinds him to nurturing
others. She also frets over his desire
to remain in the <em><span style="background: white; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Pine Tree State as affirmed by Will his seeking to buy a
home. However, Maggie biggest
consternation is that she lost her Will to </span></em>realtor Jo Heartwood. Needing to forget her trepidations, Maggie
wonders what Aunt Nettie and her longtime friends imply criminally happened
when they were much younger. When
someone murders geriatric nurse Carrie Folk; Maggie, Maine State Trooper Nick
Strait and Aunt Nettie investigate especially after learning that the victim
was a blackmailer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Returning to Maine (see Shadows on the Coast of
Maine and Shadows of a Down East Summer), the seventh Antique Print cozy (see </span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal;">Shadows
on a Cape Cod Wedding</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">) is an enjoyable entry in which the
secondary elderly characters especially one with dementia own the
storyline. The homicide investigation
begins late though the informal inquiry into what happened decades ago starts
very early; as Lea Wait provides a deep look at senior citizen mental health,
abortion and adoption. <span style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Harriet Klausnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15737192992257674872noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-612122896702331527.post-78775013301918979762014-09-13T12:33:00.003-07:002014-09-13T12:33:43.120-07:00Wet Work-Les Roberts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wet Work <o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<cite><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Les Roberts<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.grayco.com/"><span style="color: black;">www.grayco.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After leaving Youngstown, Ohio for the military, Dominick
Candiotti learned to kill in Viet Nam as a Phoenix Force Wet Work assassin. Decades later with no family living and
calling himself Douglas, he works for the Brownstone Agency on a fee for kill of
internal enemies of the country. His
handler Og has one rule: complete the kill but never repeat the same M.O.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">His current hit is Father Joseph Benveniste of St. Catherine’s
Catholic Church in Philadelphia. Though
he completes the assignment following his confessional, this assassination affects
Douglas differently than his previous hits since going on commission five years
ago. He wonders if killing a priest
reminds him too much of the murder of his brother Father <span style="background: white;">Richard (see </span>The Strange Death of Father Candy)
and besides there is no justification for murdering people like Father Joseph
who were no threat to America. When
Douglas informs Og he is retiring, his handler believes the one way a hired gun
quits is in a coffin. Thus several of
his peers come after Douglas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Giving <span style="background: white;">Cleveland detective Milan
Jacovich a breather, </span><cite>Les Roberts</cite><span style="background: white;"> writes an
action-packed thriller in </span>Dominick Candiotti’s second appearance. The hero reminds me of a composite of Charles
Bronson’s <cite>The M</cite>echanic<cite> and Sylvester Stallone’s
Assassins. Although not for anyone with
a squeamish stomach as the amount of blood flow would turn Lake Erie into the
Red Sea, readers will enjoy this tense suspense.<o:p></o:p></cite></span></div>
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Sturgen went fishing on Eagle Creek Reservoir when the latter’s special fly
became entangled. Ignoring his older
sibling’s admonitions, Bobby jumped into the water to free it because this was
the last one his late grandfather gave him.
When Bobby failed to surface, Tommy jumped in and rescued him. Both saw the fly entangled with a car. They call the Sheriff’s Department who send
Fire Department divers to the reservoir.
The submerged vehicle contains the remains of Wendy Matherson who
vanished without a trace a decade ago.<o:p></o:p></span></cite></div>
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Tyrone Mayhew, whose wife just gave birth to their fourth child (and their first
daughter), work the cold case. This was
Tyrone’s first investigation in which he and his partner looked at the husband
Reid but found no evidence of foul play.
The three sons reacted differently to their mom’s disappearance. The oldest mid-twenties Tanner attends Ohio
State’s pharmacy graduate program; the middle child twentyish Ryan has an
aerospace degree and is an Air Force officer; the youngest teenage Jared has
emotional issues while failing at everything.
After talking with the four males and others, the detectives believe
Jared may have suppressed memories of what happened. However, someone wants the case to remain
frozen so threaten to harm Ben and Tyrone’s loved ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The third</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Circle City police
procedural (see Perfidy and Inconspicuous) is a terse suspense as the villain
targets civilian family members to force the cops and others off the investigation. Fast-paced from start to finish, the subgenre
audience will enjoy <cite>Ensconced
(superb ironic title) even though we identify the villain before the detectives
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">www.<span style="background: white;">thunderlakepress</span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">.com</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Burns were best friends for over three decades ago going back to when they were
in high school. They partnered with an
acquaintance from their salad days Kenny Egan investing in McLaughlin’s
restaurant. However, Kenny’s investment
funds were borrowed from the mob; who had other plans for McLaughlin’s. Ten months ago, Roddy and Danny killed Kenny
and a demanding “investor” John Grange as well as their friendship before
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about her husband whose tension is stratospheric. While she pleads with him to come home from
work, someone shoots him. At the
hospital Yonkers PD Detective Harvey Morgan leads the investigation as
fortunate Danny recovers at the hospital.
Not long afterward in the parking garage at Lawrence Hospital, Roddy heads
to his car only to see someone shoot and kill anesthesiologist Walt McKay
parked near him. Morgan questions him;
while Roddy, hiding the truth from everyone, concludes he must bring Mad Dog
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<span style="background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The second action-packed Mad Dog urban thriller is
a tense gritty entry with the consequences of what the two BFFs did continuing
to haunt them; as Shakespeare said in
Julius Caesar: "The <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">evil </span></em>that <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">men do </span></em>lives after them; the good is oft <em><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">interred </span></em>with
their bones." Mark Rubenstein
provides an insightful morality play with trust and betrayal as key recurring
themes. With a strong support cast and
powerful opposites in personality leads, fans will enjoy Mad Dog Justice but should read the opening
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