The March Mystery Reads

I don't normally take the time to summarize these sort of things, but since other folks do them, I thought I would go ahead and put the list together. For those that don't know me, I have been reviewing books since 1998 and have an ongoing column for the Texas version of the Senior News Newspaper.  Because of that column, you also will see cookbooks, travel books and other things that I review for the newspaper column. So, what you see below is just a fraction of the reviews and is only pertaining to mystery books.

I don't put stars, numbers, daggers, knives, candles, bloody foot prints, shell casings, etc.  on my reviews. When the reviews appear at Epinions, Amazon, Lunch.com etc they get appropriate designation for that site and only then. I personally hate the whole numbering/star deal because if the book sits in between most sites don't have a way of depicting that. Instead, one has to round up or down and that implies things that may or may not accurately reflect my opinion of the situation. I have also included the mystery reviews supplied by Barry Er gang as he contributes to the reviews for Friday's Forgotten Books (FFB) hosted by Patti Abbott as well as my other guest reviewers this month---Caroline Clemmons and Earl Staggs.

Anyway, here you are mystery wise and everything was good though for widely different reasons detailed in the reviews......


FFB REVIEW: "THE CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN" by Herbret Brean---Reviewed by Barry Ergang

"CUFFED: Stop, I’ll Shoot and Out on a Beam" by Bill Howe and Suzanne Rorhus

"THE TERRITORY: A Mystery" by "Tricia Fields"  ---I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK BUT IT IS A VIOLENT AND INTENSE READ.

"Robert B. Parker’s Killing The Blues: A Jesse Stone Novel" by "Michael Brandman"

"Death Will Extend Your Vacation" by Elizabeth Zelvin---Scheduled Release Date: April 20, 2012

FFB REVIEW: "Death Will Get You Sober" by Elizabeth Zelvin (first in the series)

"MURDER IN THE BUFF" by Maggie Toussaint---GUEST REVIEWER: AUTHOR CAROLINE CLEMMONS

FFB Review: "Under A Raging Moon" by Frank Zafiro

"A VILLAGE SHATTERED" by Jean Henry Mead---GUEST REVIEWER: EARL STAGGS

"POISON FLOWER: A JANE WHITEFIELD NOVEL" by Thomas Perry

FFB REVIEW: "FAT OLLIE'S BOOK" by Ed McBain---Reviewed by Barry Ergang

"THE DROP" by Michael Connelly

"WAIST DEEP:  A Stefan Kopriva Novel" by Frank Zafiro

"The Last Call: A Bill Travis Mystery" by George Wier

FFB Review: "HEROES OFTEN FAIL" by Frank Zafiro


My reviews also don't contain spoilers and are always sanitized for your protection. That means you can safely read them. :)))



Kevin (where it is 85 and sunny)