Sunday, September 21, 2014

RTE Update--- Sept. 20 issue of RTE

As posted elsewhere earlier today.....

The current issue of RTE, out on September 20th, includes fifteen new reviews as well as a new interview:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com

Plus

John Florio  in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:

http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=187


Reviews this week:

TITLE                    AUTHOR                REVIEWER

TITLE                    AUTHOR                REVIEWER

THE PAYING GUESTS    Sarah Waters        Yvonne Klein       
When Frances Wray lets rooms to a married couple, she only expects much needed revenue, but her life and that of the Barbers becomes closely intertwined.

BLIND MOON ALLEY    John Florio        Diana Borse       
Jersey Leo is an albino, a man for Aaron Garvey who protected him from bullying through school. Garvey escapes from prison just before he is to be executed and now the cops are beating on anyone who knows him; Jersey is, of course, hiding him.

THE CHILDREN ACT        Ian McEwan    Yvonne Klein   
High Court Judge Fiona Maye, who presides over family court cases, must decide whether the adolescent son of Jehovah's Witnesses may be transfused against his and his parents' wishes in order to treat his leukemia. Her judgement affects not only the boy, but herself as well.

REMAINS OF INNOCENCE     J. A. Jance        Cathy Downs       
A young man with cognitive disabilities is found murdered and tortured, then the medical examiner of Cochise County is discovered in his home, tortured to death.

MURMURS OF INSANITY    Gerrie Ferris Finger     Sharon Mensing       
Dru helps one of Lake's relatives who is a person of interest in a college student's disappearance and potential murder while a performance art troupe wreaks havoc on the investigation

SORROW BOUND    David Mark    Barbara Fister       
It's hot in Hull and Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy has a feeling that the exceptionally brutal murder of a middle-aged woman may be just the first.

MURDER IN RETRIBUTION    Ann Cleeland         PJ Coldren       
Newlywed Detective Constable Kathleen Doyle adjusts to her new marital status and pregnancy while working on a very complicated case which may or may not involve her husband, Chief Inspector Michael Acton.

THE LONG WAY HOME    Louise Penny    Ann Pearson       
When Peter Morrow fails to return from his yearlong separation to his wife, Clara, she enlists the help of Armand Gamache in finding him on a trip that leads to the Lower North Shore of the St Lawrence River and beyond.

THE HEIST    David Silva        Anne Corey       
When his friend discovers a brutal murder, Gabriel Allon is recruited to track down not only the killer but also a stolen masterpiece and in doing so uncovers a money trail that leads directly to one of the world's worst dictators.

EVIL IN RETURN    Weyman Jones     Sharon Mensing   
A woman is kidnapped by a Native American seeking to avenge historical wrongs.

HAUNTED    Randy Wayne White        Megan Sweeney   
Hannah Smith is asked to help prove development property is stigmatized and unmarketable.

MARGERY ALLINGHAM'S MR. CAMPION’S FAREWELL  Completed by Mike Ripley Jim Napier
Mike Ripley completes an unfinished MS left starring Albert Campion that takes him from a small village to Monte Carlo.

THE LATE SCHOLAR    Jill Paton Walsh    Caryn St Clair       
A college in Oxford is faced with selling a treasured manuscript or financial ruin. As the college's new Visitor, Lord Peter is summoned to help resolve the issue.

PRISON NOIR     Joyce Carol Oates, ed    Lourdes Venard       
A collection of 15 short stories presents a new perspective on prison literature from those who know what it's like on the inside.

CONVERSION    Katherine Howe    Ben Neal       
The girls at St Joan's boarding school are exhibiting symptoms like the girls in early 18th century Salem that resulted in the witch trials. What is going on?

We post more than 900 new reviews a year -- all of them are archived on the site -- as well as a new interview with a top author every issue.

Yvonne Klein
Editor: ymk@reviewingtheevidence.com

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