Sunday, June 24, 2018
One Bite at a Time: An Interview with Jim Nesbitt, Author of The Right...
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Do Some Damage: Congo by Michael Crichton
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Saturday, June 23, 2018
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: New Release ★ Free Content ★ Upcoming Release
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Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Weight of This World by David Joy
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Crime Watch: Review: THE WILD INSIDE
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Saturdays With Kaye: Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin
Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin
In lovely continental fashion, this book spins a complicated plot
and contains a host of characters, set in Scotland. If I counted correctly,
this is the 24th Rebus novel.
No, it’s not A rebus, it features a character, John Rebus who, after all those
books, is now retired. Or he’s supposed to be. You can’t keep a good detective
down, though.
He’s trying to keep busy, puttering around with old unsolved
cases. However, when he starts digging into one involving a famous rock star
and the murder of a beautiful woman, something strange happens. Detective
Inspector Siobhan Clarke catches a murder that rings a bell connected with this
old case for Rebus. Another old friend, DI Malcolm Fox has been transferred to
Gartcosh, causing ill feelings when he’s sent to Edinburgh to help out. Neither
of the three want to work with each other. An elaborate money-laundering trail
leads through a betting parlor connected with people familiar to Rebus.
Meanwhile, Rebus is hiding his physical condition from everyone, spitting up
blood from his COPD on the sly. The awkward team works beatings and dead bodies
to arrive at a conclusion of sorts.
This is a darkish read with a high body count. Readers familiar
with the characters will welcome them back and love this book.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Lesa's Latest Contest: Amusing books giveaway
This week, I'm giving away copies of Auralee Wallace's Down the Aisle with Murder & Carolyn Haines' Sticks and Bones, and Charmed Bones. Details on my blog, http://www.lesasbookcritiques.blogspot.com. Entries from the U.S.
only, please.
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only, please.
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New issue of Crime Review
We feature new 20 reviews in each issue of Crime Review (
www.crimereview.co.uk), together with a top industry interview. This time
it’s author Cay Rademacher in the Countdown hot seat:
http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/6327
We’re on Twitter at:
Crime Review: @CrimeReviewUK
Linda Wilson: @CrimeReviewer
Sharon Wheeler: @lartonmedia
This week’s reviews are:
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS by Philip Kerr, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Bernie Gunther starts a new career as an insurance investigator, but a trip
to Greece to investigate a claim for a lost ship has a none-too-comfortable
connection with wartime events.
A TASTE FOR VENGEANCE by Martin Walker, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Bruno Courrèges, Chief of Police in St Denis, has been promoted and now
must deal with a far wider area. His first case in his new role is a
possible murder-suicide with links to a terrorist organisation.
MAIGRET SETS A TRAP by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
The investigation into a series of five identical murders, all women and
all in the Montmartre arrondissement, has stalled. But Maigret now has a
plan that he hopes will move the investigation forward.
HOLY CEREMONY by Harri Nykanen, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Lieutenant Ariel Kafka from the Violent Crime Unit in Helsinki investigates
a bizarre case of a woman’s body stolen from a morgue. He’s been chosen by
someone who wants to exact revenge and who might be a perpetrator or a
severely damaged soul.
A TALENT FOR MURDER by Andrew Wilson, reviewed by John Cleal
Successful murder mystery author Agatha Christie is blackmailed into
committing a murder on behalf of a controlling madman.
UNQUIET SPIRITS by Bonnie MacBird, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Sherlock Holmes does not believe in ghosts. It seems he does not believe in
the beautiful Scotswoman Isla McLaren either. These are two dangerous
errors.
GOLDEN PREY by John Sandford, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Lucas Davenport is now working as a US Marshal, and sets out to find a
ruthless killer who recently robbed a drug cartel. Unsurprisingly he is not
the only one in the chase.
A BRUSH WITH DEATH by Ali Carter, reviewed by John Cleal
Artist Susie Mahl is a guest at the country seat of the Earl of Greengrass
when her host is murdered in the parish churchyard. With the local police
baffled, she applies her eye for detail and her natural inquisitiveness to
uncover the killer.
HELLFIRE by Karin Fossum, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A mother and her five-year-old child are found murdered in an abandoned
caravan. Chief Inspector Konrad Sejer believes that the killing has been
planned but the initial investigation leads nowhere.
RUN by Mandasue Heller, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Life couldn’t get much worse for Leanne Riley – she’s out of work and
barely surviving life in a grotty bed-sit. Jake could be her escape route
or her road to hell.
SOUTH ATLANTIC REQUIEM BY Edward Wilson, reviewed by John Cleal
War is building in the South Atlantic as Argentina prepares an invasion of
the British Falkland islands. Conflicted MI6 man William Catesby is loyal
to his country but will do anything he can to stop hostilities breaking out.
HELL BAY by Kate Rhodes, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A London detective returns to his childhood home overlooking Hell Bay in
the Isles of Scilly, and when a girl is found murdered on the beach agrees
to spearhead the investigation.
THE ONES THAT DISAPPEARED by Zana Fraillon, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Three children live and work as modern slaves, in thrall to a drug gang.
When freedom comes, it is both unexpected and terrifying.
IT ALL FALLS DOWN by Sheena Kamal, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Nora is looking for answers to her broken past. She doesn’t realise
Detroit, where the questions take her, is a desperate city that will break
her even more.
AFRAID TO DEATH by Marc Behm, reviewed by John Cleal
Joe Egan has been on the run since childhood from a mysterious blonde
vision who appears to him whenever someone close to him dies.
THE HOUSE ON HALF MOON STREET by Alex Reeve, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Leo Stanhope, a coroner’s assistant in Victorian London, is searching for
the murderer of Maria, the woman he loved. But Leo’s investigations will
endanger both his life and the secret he has to keep at all costs for Leo
was born Charlotte.
SHADOWS by Paul Finch, reviewed by John Barnbrook
DC Lucy Clayburn’s father is a key figure in organised crime in the North
West. Her career will be in trouble if this gets out.
THE GIRL IN THE FOG by Donato Carrisi, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
A psychiatrist is called in to a police station to interview a man after a
car accident. Meanwhile, a young girl is missing from her family who live
nearby.
PERFECT PREY by Helen Fields, reviewed by Kate Balfour
DIs Luc Callanach and Ava Turner are investigating a series of murders in
Edinburgh and they are struggling to find any leads – until they realise
that graffiti about each victim appears before the murder takes place.
BOY MEETS HAMSTER by Birdie Milano, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Dylan Kershaw is having to put up with the Holiday From Hell, with added
hamsters. But the hot boy in the caravan next door is some consolation. Now
all Dylan has to do is get Jayden-Lee to take notice of him.
Best wishes
Sharon
www.crimereview.co.uk
www.crimereview.co.uk), together with a top industry interview. This time
it’s author Cay Rademacher in the Countdown hot seat:
http://crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/6327
We’re on Twitter at:
Crime Review: @CrimeReviewUK
Linda Wilson: @CrimeReviewer
Sharon Wheeler: @lartonmedia
This week’s reviews are:
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS by Philip Kerr, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Bernie Gunther starts a new career as an insurance investigator, but a trip
to Greece to investigate a claim for a lost ship has a none-too-comfortable
connection with wartime events.
A TASTE FOR VENGEANCE by Martin Walker, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Bruno Courrèges, Chief of Police in St Denis, has been promoted and now
must deal with a far wider area. His first case in his new role is a
possible murder-suicide with links to a terrorist organisation.
MAIGRET SETS A TRAP by Georges Simenon, reviewed by Arnold Taylor
The investigation into a series of five identical murders, all women and
all in the Montmartre arrondissement, has stalled. But Maigret now has a
plan that he hopes will move the investigation forward.
HOLY CEREMONY by Harri Nykanen, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
Lieutenant Ariel Kafka from the Violent Crime Unit in Helsinki investigates
a bizarre case of a woman’s body stolen from a morgue. He’s been chosen by
someone who wants to exact revenge and who might be a perpetrator or a
severely damaged soul.
A TALENT FOR MURDER by Andrew Wilson, reviewed by John Cleal
Successful murder mystery author Agatha Christie is blackmailed into
committing a murder on behalf of a controlling madman.
UNQUIET SPIRITS by Bonnie MacBird, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Sherlock Holmes does not believe in ghosts. It seems he does not believe in
the beautiful Scotswoman Isla McLaren either. These are two dangerous
errors.
GOLDEN PREY by John Sandford, reviewed by Chris Roberts
Lucas Davenport is now working as a US Marshal, and sets out to find a
ruthless killer who recently robbed a drug cartel. Unsurprisingly he is not
the only one in the chase.
A BRUSH WITH DEATH by Ali Carter, reviewed by John Cleal
Artist Susie Mahl is a guest at the country seat of the Earl of Greengrass
when her host is murdered in the parish churchyard. With the local police
baffled, she applies her eye for detail and her natural inquisitiveness to
uncover the killer.
HELLFIRE by Karin Fossum, reviewed by Ewa Sherman
A mother and her five-year-old child are found murdered in an abandoned
caravan. Chief Inspector Konrad Sejer believes that the killing has been
planned but the initial investigation leads nowhere.
RUN by Mandasue Heller, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Life couldn’t get much worse for Leanne Riley – she’s out of work and
barely surviving life in a grotty bed-sit. Jake could be her escape route
or her road to hell.
SOUTH ATLANTIC REQUIEM BY Edward Wilson, reviewed by John Cleal
War is building in the South Atlantic as Argentina prepares an invasion of
the British Falkland islands. Conflicted MI6 man William Catesby is loyal
to his country but will do anything he can to stop hostilities breaking out.
HELL BAY by Kate Rhodes, reviewed by Chris Roberts
A London detective returns to his childhood home overlooking Hell Bay in
the Isles of Scilly, and when a girl is found murdered on the beach agrees
to spearhead the investigation.
THE ONES THAT DISAPPEARED by Zana Fraillon, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Three children live and work as modern slaves, in thrall to a drug gang.
When freedom comes, it is both unexpected and terrifying.
IT ALL FALLS DOWN by Sheena Kamal, reviewed by Kati Barr-Taylor
Nora is looking for answers to her broken past. She doesn’t realise
Detroit, where the questions take her, is a desperate city that will break
her even more.
AFRAID TO DEATH by Marc Behm, reviewed by John Cleal
Joe Egan has been on the run since childhood from a mysterious blonde
vision who appears to him whenever someone close to him dies.
THE HOUSE ON HALF MOON STREET by Alex Reeve, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Leo Stanhope, a coroner’s assistant in Victorian London, is searching for
the murderer of Maria, the woman he loved. But Leo’s investigations will
endanger both his life and the secret he has to keep at all costs for Leo
was born Charlotte.
SHADOWS by Paul Finch, reviewed by John Barnbrook
DC Lucy Clayburn’s father is a key figure in organised crime in the North
West. Her career will be in trouble if this gets out.
THE GIRL IN THE FOG by Donato Carrisi, reviewed by Sylvia Maughan
A psychiatrist is called in to a police station to interview a man after a
car accident. Meanwhile, a young girl is missing from her family who live
nearby.
PERFECT PREY by Helen Fields, reviewed by Kate Balfour
DIs Luc Callanach and Ava Turner are investigating a series of murders in
Edinburgh and they are struggling to find any leads – until they realise
that graffiti about each victim appears before the murder takes place.
BOY MEETS HAMSTER by Birdie Milano, reviewed by Linda Wilson
Dylan Kershaw is having to put up with the Holiday From Hell, with added
hamsters. But the hot boy in the caravan next door is some consolation. Now
all Dylan has to do is get Jayden-Lee to take notice of him.
Best wishes
Sharon
www.crimereview.co.uk
FFB Review: Thorns on Roses by Randy Rawls
I have long been a fan of Randy
Rawls work. He hooked me with his Ace
Edwards P.I. series that began with Jake’s
Burn followed Joseph’s Kidnapping.
I could not find reviews of those books so I recently ran again my review of Jade’s
Photos which is the third book in that very good series. Right now
Randy is out spreading the word of his latest book, Saving Dabba. That new book is the fourth installment of his Beth
Bowman series. Today, I want to remind you of another series he has done with
my repeat review of the first book, Thorns On Roses. The review below first
appeared in this space back on December 30, 2012 in what seems now to have been
a lifetime ago.
After you read the repeat review
below with the new publishing info, make sure you check out Randy’s guest post
from last April on my blog as he
discussed his new book, Saving Dabba.
You also should read his recent guest post over at PJ Nunn’s Bookbrowsing blog
where he discussed how he developed his new book on writing titled Randy’s Boot Camp For Fiction Writers.
Finally, make sure you check out the full list of book suggestions today over
at Patti’s blog.
You
have a lot to read. Good thing it is now officially summer and you have
absolutely nothing else to do but pour cool beverages, sip them, and read.
Tom Jeffries has done a lot of things over the
years. He used to be a member of Special Forces and still maintains links to
his old group. He used to be a Dallas cop. A cop with, according to some, a rather
checkered history though nothing was ever proved. These days he is a private
investigator in Broward County, Florida.
That means he hands out a lot of business cards with his signature and the
slogan--“If I can help, call me.”
The young dead woman in the morgue was found with
such a card between her fingers. No doubt a final indignity given by those who
raped her and beat her to death. While
the cops have his card, they don’t have her identification or much of anything
else. PI Tom Jefferies is in no rush to help them either as he has another way
of getting justice.
Mary Lou Smithson was her name and she was in that
often difficult time between a young teenager and womanhood. Found in Coral
Lakes, the woman was the daughter of old friends Charlie and Lonnie Rogers.
Seventeen and sure she knew what she was doing, she was hanging around with a punk
boyfriend who sported a certain kind of tattoo. Her parents tried everything to
stop her escalating dangerous behavior with no effect. Now, she is in the
morgue dead and Tom Jefferies wants answers and justice. That tattoo is going
to be a major piece of the puzzle.
What follows is a far more complicated story than
your typical vigilante style book. Far different in style and tone from the Ace
Atkins series, author Randy Rawls has created a much harder character
who isn’t bound by what law enforcement would consider permissible. While there
are the occasional inside nods to readers familiar with his other series based
in Texas, Tom Jeffries has very little in common with Ace Atkins.
He also has little time for outsiders no matter
their intentions as he is on a mission for Mary Lou Smithson. A mission
increasingly jeopardized by solid police work, a romantic entanglement, and
other issues including the toll the quest is taking on this heavily conflicted
character.
Published by L & L Dreamspell, this is the powerful
start no doubt of a new series from Randy Rawls. Dark in tone with occasional flashes
of humor and romance, the 266 page read takes readers on much more than a vengeance
ride. Thorns On Roses is a good one and well worth your time.
Thorns
on Roses
Randy
Rawls
L
& L Dreamspell
July
2011
ISBN#
978-1-60318-375-8
Paperback
(also available in eBook format)
266
Pages
$14.95
Material supplied by the author quite some time ago
in exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2012, 2018
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Becket Factor: Michael David Anthony
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Review: Robert B Parker’s Old Black Magic: A Spenser Novel by Ace Atkins
Robert B Parker’s Old Black Magic: A Spenser Novel is the seventh since Ace Atkins took over the franchise and
is another good one. Mr. Atkins continues to stay true to the series while also
his own little changes to bring some new life into the characters. At the same
time he also acknowledges the passing of time and how none of us are going to
get out alive. Contrary to what happened before in much of the series, folks
are now aging and Spenser is frequently contemplating the mortality of both man
and animal. That concept was present in the previous novels written by Mr.
Akins, but makes its presence here in multiple ways almost to the level of a character
in the tale.
It is early summer, a light rain is falling, and Locke has
come to Spenser’s office with one last request. Locke has terminal cancer and
wants the case that he has chased for almost twenty years solved. Three
paintings were stolen from the Winthrop Art Museum almost twenty years ago in what
remains the biggest heist ever. While some would consider the works priceless,
others place the value in the tens of millions. Locke has chased the paintings
ever since with little to go on over the years.
With the twenty year anniversary of the theft coming up a
person or persons unknown has started sending letters to the museum’s director,
Marjorie Ward Phillips. The letters don’t seem to be a ransom demand. The
letters do communicate details of the theft that only those directly involved
would know. Locke has put in a word with the director and has made it clear
that he wants Spenser to finish what he started. Take over the case, find the
paintings, and bring them back where they belong. Locke thinks the letters will
lead to a real chance to recover the paintings and wants Spenser, as a favor to
a dying man and friend, to take the case.
How do you say no
to a dying man?
You don’t. Spenser certainly can’t. From the start at least
some of the museum’s board absolutely does not want Spenser involved. There are
those among the criminal element at Boston who don’t want him involved. Local
law enforcement also would prefer him to stay out of things. Still, a promise
was made to a dying man, so Spenser isn’t about to go away. Nor are many others
who only care about getting a piece of the five million dollar reward.
Robert B Parker’s Old Black Magic: A Spenser Novel is a solidly good read. Ace Atkins does a nice job of
weaving the old and new in terms of characters and settings while also crafting
a mystery with plenty of misdirection. People and places evolve over time and
those changes provide a nice background nuance to the highly entertaining read.
Robert B Parker’s Old Black
Magic: A Spenser Novel
Ace Atkins
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
(Penguin Random House)
2018
ISBN# 978-0-399-17701-9
Hardback (also available in
eBook and audio formats)
325 Pages
$27.00
Material supplied by the good folks of the Dallas Public
Library.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Eskens, Alda, Vonnegut, Bradley, McDer...
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Crime Time : Twofer: THE WEIRD WORLD OF WES BEATTIE & HAIR OF T...
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Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 35 Writing Conferences in July 2018
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Crime Watch: Review: THE THERAPY HOUSE
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The Short Mystery Fiction Society Blog: SMFS Member Nominees for the 2018 Macavity Awards
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Monday, June 18, 2018
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: THE DEADLIEST BLESSING -- A PROVINCETOWN MYSTERY
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Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 20 Publishers Accepting Nonfiction - No Agent Requ...
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TEXAS BOOK LOVER: Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR June 18-24...
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Aubrey Hamilton Reviews: Mercy Kill by Lori Armstrong
Mercy Kill by Lori Armstrong (Touchstone, 2011) is the
second of three mysteries about Mercy Gunderson, a former Army sharpshooter
returned home to her native western South Dakota. Like many returned veterans,
Mercy is having trouble finding a sense of purpose and figuring out her place
on her family’s ranch, which is being threatened by an oil pipeline. After
going on a months-long bender, she gives up drinking for a bartending job in a
friend’s local dive. She learns when he visits the dive that the representative
sent by the oil pipeline company to coax the locals into accepting the
incursion across their land is a former squad leader who saved her life in
Iraq.
Her deep
sense of obligation kicks in when she finds his body outside the bar after
closing up one night. Since he was roundly despised by nearly everyone, the
pool of suspects is considerable. She could tell from her interactions with him
at the bar that Jason was no longer the person she knew in Iraq; she realized
just how much he had changed when she learns he had hundreds of bottles of
prescription painkillers in his suitcase. Everything points to a drug deal gone
sidewise and the most likely culprits the psychopath drug dealers from the
nearby reservation, feared by all who know them. Curiously, or perhaps not,
considering the reputation of the drug dealers, the local sheriff seems
disinclined to pursue the case so Mercy feels that she must get to the truth of
Jason’s death herself.
A
complicated gritty story with well-defined characters and a sharply delineated
location. The scenery of western South Dakota in the spring comes alive here
and makes living there understandable. Mercy is a complex person seeking to understand
herself and to find a new way to relate to the people around her. She was a
little too gleeful about shooting prairie dogs for me to find her wholly
likeable, however.
There
were many references to events in the preceding book but I do not think it is
necessary to read these books in order to fully understand them.
·
Paperback: 320 pages
·
Publisher: Touchstone;
Original edition (January 11, 2011)
·
Language: English
·
ISBN-10: 1416590978
·
ISBN-13: 978-1416590972
Aubrey
Hamilton ©2018
Aubrey
Hamilton is a former librarian who works on Federal IT projects by day and
reads mysteries at night.
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