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Blood Lance, a Medieval Noir by Jeri Westerson
Sometimes I think I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t read much in the mystery/thriller genre. But, even I love a good whodunit. Blame Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie, I guess. This book had...
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Diners, Dives, and Dead Ends by Terri L. Austin
Rose Strickland left the expensive, all-girl college her parents picked out for her and is now making her own way as a diner waitress and part-time local college student. Her friends – Axton, the...
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Mini-Review Round-Up
I went to a bookstore this weekend and bought many, many books. The owner came to ask if I was finding anything and laughed when she saw the huge stack I was lugging around. I’m especially looking...
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The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
I think I have figured out why I don’t generally like mystery/thrillers: it’s the anxious feeling about halfway to three-quarters through where everything is going wrong and no one believes the...
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J. K. Rowling and the Ineffective Pseudonym
I’ve been thinking all day about J.K. Rowling’s use of a pseudonym to write a crime novel (as has most of the bookish internet.) I haven’t yet bought it, but I likely will (I really need to read A...
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The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro
Claire Roth is a talented artist who has very bad taste in men. She has been blackballed in her professional life due to a scandal involving her ex-boyfriend, and pays the rent on her studio by...
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Mysterious Death of Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford
Twenty-six years have passed since the death of Jane Austen. Armed with a lock of Austen’s hair as perhaps her best clue, Anne Sharp, former governess to the Austen family and Jane’s close friend, has...
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Friday Bookshelf: October 25, 2013
Just to get the disagreeable bit out of the way first, the internet was quite feisty this week because the 3rd book in the Divergent series, Allegiant, came out and the fans were … upset … about the...
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