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Blood Challenge by Eileen Wilks
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of kick-ass women, myths, shapeshifters ★ ★ ★ ★ Another surprisingly solid entry in the Lily Yu series. I say ‘surprising,’ not because Wilks a bad writer–she’s definitely not–but because my … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Urban fantasy
Tagged female lead, my library, series, supernatural mystery, urban fantasy
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Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of FBI, vamps ★ 1/2 Cross The X-Files with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and you’ll about have it. I kind of liked Olson’s book, Midnight Curse, so when a fellow reader mentioned … Continue reading
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of kick-ass women, myths, shapeshifters ★ ★ ★ ★ The last book in a ten-book series. By all means, don’t start here. However, I do recommend reading this series if you enjoy … Continue reading
Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh
Read September 2018 Recommended for Marsh fans ★ ★ Some things should be allowed to fade into obscurity, and the underwhelming Vintage Murder is one of them. Like Enter a Murderer, it is primarily a theater mystery. However, … Continue reading
Escape the Fall (Southern Grit #2) by Harley Tate
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of the apocalypse with guns ★ ★ After reading the first book in the Nuclear Survival series, I wandered off to other stories and other apocalypses. Recently, however, I was cleaning … Continue reading
Survive the Panic (Southern Grit series #3)
Read August -Sept 2018 Recommended for fans of the apocalypse with guns ★ ★ 1/2 With only two stars for the prior book, why did I go on to book three, you wonder? Book two focused on the … Continue reading
Unquiet by John Connolly. Yes, very.
Read August -Sept 2018 Recommended for fans of detective thrillers with a twist ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Intense. Connolly writes detective-style mysteries with a dash of supernatural elements. The trouble is, neither Parker, nor the reader, … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Mystery, Thriller
Tagged four star, horror, series, supernatural mystery, thriller
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Surviving the Evacuation: Book Three: Family by Frank Tayell
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of book two ★ 1/2 It would be years before I would connect an Extra Special Vacation Episode of Happy Days with the phenomenon known as ‘jumping the shark.’ Alas; for me, … Continue reading
Rivers of London: Detective Stories by Ben Aaronovitch
Read July 2011 Recommended for fans of Neil Gaiman ★ ★ ★ Ben Aaronovitch is a talented writer. And a very, very slow one. I try not to complain, because at least his books are dense enough that … Continue reading
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Tagged comic/graphic, series, supernatural mystery, urban fantasy
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Death In Ecstasy by Ngaio Marsh
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of low-violence mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Forget comparisons to Christie. But consider instead Marsh’s similarity to Janet Evanovitch, or to Oscar Wilde as Detective Alleyn questions a suspect: “‘No worries … Continue reading
