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Tuesday’s Gone by Nicci French: Book Review & Giveaway

Bestsellers
Tuesday's Gone

As we mentioned when we reviewed Blue Monday, Book #1 in the Frieda Klein series, bestselling author Nicci French is actually the pseudonym of an English couple, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Together they have melded their minds to become one of today’s leading crime fiction authors. Tuesday’s Gone is Book #2 in the series. [...]

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A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate by Susanna Calkins: A 17th Century Mystery

Fiction
A Murder at Rosamund's Gate

I love good historical mysteries so, once I discovered that Susanna Calkins has a doctorate in British history, I had to check out A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate. It’s Book #1 in the new Lucy Campion Mysteries series. I rationalized that Ms. Calkins would either bring 17th century London to life or turn it into [...]

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The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blaylock: Book Review & Giveaway

Events
The Aylesford Skull

Award-winning author James P. Blaylock is considered one of the three founding fathers of modern Steampunk literature, along with Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter. I was excited when I was approached about reading and reviewing his new novel in the Langdon St. Ives series, The Aylesford Skull. This is what I like to think of [...]

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The Uninvited by Liz Jensen: A Spellbinding Apocalyptic Nightmare

Fiction
The Uninvited

When I read the concept for The Uninvited by Liz Jensen, it gave me chills but I have to admit that it also fascinated me in a morbid way. I’ve never understood how a child, so innocent in so many ways, could kill someone. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read about that but [...]

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Paradise by Joanna Nadin: Should Pandora’s Box Ever Be Opened?

Children
Paradise

When I ran across Paradise by Joanna Nadin months ago, the U.S. book cover hadn’t been revealed yet. That means I was attracted to it solely by the story’s concept. When I was in grad school, a professor told us there is no such thing as normal and that all family dysfunction spans generations until [...]

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