Showing posts with label B. K. Stevens. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Review: "Fighting Chance" by B. K. Stevens (Reviewed by Kaye George)
Merry Christmas Eve… as
a special treat today we have an extra review from Kaye George separate from
her Monday posts. Enjoy!
Fighting Chance by B.
K. Stevens
This is what you’ve been looking for! If you’re looking for
a book for teen boys, you know they’re scarce. This one has enough excitement,
twists, and turns to keep them up way too late on a school night, avidly
reading.
Not only is it about an appealing group of four, sometimes
five kids, who don’t always get along, it’s also about the nice and not-so-nice
teachers they share, and about family relationships that are not always ideal.
But it’s also about martial arts.
Their coach is facing an opponent as the book opens, but the
main character, Matt, thinks something is a bit off about this other guy. His
name is Bobby Davis and he’s come from a dojo in Richmond to Ridgecrest for the
competition. He neither looks like a fighter nor acts like one, until the
moment he crushes Coach Colson’s larynx with a spinning hook kick. Was it
intentional or an accident? Most people say the latter. Matt knows they’re
wrong.
When he and his friends try to dig deeper and find out who
Bobby Davis is and why he wanted to kill the coach, trouble starts happening
all around them. They seem to be antagonizing some dangerous people. Matt and
his friends, including the intriguing Graciana, join a krav maga class as
result of some of their investigating. That’s a good thing, because they’ll
need their wits about them and all the martial arts training they have to get
through this.
Kaye George ©2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Thursday, April 16, 2015
Short Story Review: "Silent Witness" by B. K. Stevens
While she has experience in family
court as well as small claims, Jane Ciardi has never before interpreted in the
criminal court. That will change today as her skills sign language
interpreter are urgently needed as the usual interpreter is out because her
husband had a heart attack. Sandra Blackmore, the remaining interpreter, plans
on handling the deaf witnesses so she will voice as well as sign for them. She
wants Jane to handle the witnesses that can hear. It will be a little easier on
Jane as all she has do is sign when those witnesses testify so that those in
the courtroom that are hearing impaired can understand what is happening in the
trial.
The case is emotionally charged as
the assistant vice principal of the Cleveland School for the Death stands
accused of the murder of the recently hired principal. While the assistant
principal is deaf, the now deceased principal was not. The fact that somebody
who was not deaf was hired to lead the school generated a lot of controversy
with students and staff. That controversy resulted in intense media coverage.
The situation has further escalated with the murder and subsequent trial as the
media, as they usually do, are having a field day with the details of the
murder case.
A complicated murder case where
everyone has their role to play in the short story Silent Witness by B. K.
Stevens. This is a tightly woven intense read that was originally published in
December 2010 in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery
Magazine under the title Interpretation Of Murder. Not to be
confused with the upcoming novel of the same name published by Black Opal Books,
this short story is a Derringer Winner and a very good read.
Silent
Witness
B.
K. Stevens
Amazon
Digital Services
ASIN:
B00VGVZBY2
March
30, 2015
E-Book
29
Pages
$0.99
Material was picked up during the author’s recent
free read promotion.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2015
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