Only days left to win a copy of "Nailed" by Avery Daniels along with a bit
about Earth Day by Avery
http://kingsriverlife.com/04/21/nailed-by-avery-daniels/
Only days left to win a copy of "Double Dog Dare" by Gretchen Archer &
while there check out an interesting interview with Gretchen
http://kingsriverlife.com/04/21/double-dog-dare-by-gretchen-archer/
Only days left to win a copy of "Date with Malice" by Julia Chapman
http://kingsriverlife.com/04/21/date-with-malice-by-julia-chapman/
Only days left to win a copy of "Perils, Plots, and Puppies" by Maggie Pill
along with a fun pet related post by Maggie
http://kingsriverlife.com/04/21/perils-plots-and-puppies-by-maggie-pill/
Only days left to win a copy of "A Hole in One" by Judy Penz Sheluk, along
with a fun mini interview with Judy about golf
http://www.krlnews.com/2018/04/a-hole-in-one-by-judy-penz-sheluk.html
Happy reading,
Lorie
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Uncommon Type, Stolen Life, Bedlam Sta...
Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Nevermore: Uncommon Type, Stolen Life, Bedlam Sta...: This week’s Nevermore opened with Uncommon Type , a collection of short stories by Tom Hanks. Our reader quite enjoyed the book...
Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 34 Calls for Submissions in May 2018 - Paying Mark...
Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 34 Calls for Submissions in May 2018 - Paying Mark...: Public domain image There are nearly three dozen calls for submissions in May. Every genre and form is wanted, from speculative fictio...
DPD Announcement from the Northeast Dallas Substation
As those who follow me on FB know, I shared information on this incident as it was happening yesterday. We heard the sirens and could see the news helicopters as well as the police helicopters orbit just to our west. The Home Depot, where the shooting inside the store occurred, is just down the street from Medical City Dallas Hospital. The officers involved are from the nearby police substation. Below is a message posted to our neighborhood association this morning from the DPD Public Information Officer of that substation.
Important Update on Northeast Dallas Police Officers
A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: SHAMANISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
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Guest Post: Jeanne and Treadmill Books: No Charm Intended by Mollie Cox Bryan
Earlier
this month Jeanne reviewed Behind
Chocolate Bars by
Kathy Aarons. Very nice to have her back on the blog today for this
final Wednesday of April.
.
Treadmill
Books: No Charm Intended by Mollie Cox Bryan
Cora and Jane are hosting another crafter’s weekend,
expecting guests from all over to come and participate in a variety of crafts
using natural materials. A problem
arises when Gracie, a local babysitter, fails to show up to take care of Jane’s
daughter. Then a strange text (“I
kidnapped her”) pops up on several phones.
Gracie’s boyfriend, Paul, comes to see if Gracie is with Jane and tells
the two women about a Wizard of Oz online game they have all been playing but
which has generated some very odd messages.
As the police turn out to search for the missing Gracie, Cora and Jane
go ahead with their programs, all the while wondering if Gracie has run away or
if something more sinister has occurred.
I think this is a case of my picking up exactly the
wrong book to start a series. I’ve done
it before. Of all the Nero Wolfe books,
the first one I picked up had Wolfe setting out for Montenego so of course I
thought all that talk about him never leaving his house was pfui. In this book, the second in the Cora Crafts Mysteries, things got off to
a promising start but then sort of bogged down for me. There was a good bit of backstory for our two
heroines, and we were treated to lots of descriptions of what the various crafters
were doing but it seemed little was done to follow any leads. After a couple of
hundred pages, I was ready to throw in the towel. I skimmed the last hundred plus which did
lead to an exciting conclusion but for me it was a bit late.
I was still puzzling over why so much time was
devoted to the crafters when I thought to check the author’s other series, Cumberland Creek Mysteries. Sure enough, a few of the names seemed to
match up so I suspect regular readers were delighted to catch up with old friends
while I was simply baffled.
Another problem might have been that I know of the Wizard of Oz park which plays a role in
the book. I haven’t been myself but a
friend has been several times to the fall events and loved it. I was expecting the park to figure more
throughout the book and was disappointed when it didn’t.
Jane and Cora were well developed as characters,
women who have been tested by life. They
are damaged but strong-willed, brave, and intelligent. They respected law
enforcement and trusted the police to follow through in their investigations,
something fictional sleuths rarely do but which made for a nice change. The
crafts were interesting and inventive, with bits of information on using
natural materials (how to prepare native clay, for example) which normally I
would have enjoyed so I am a bit perplexed as to why this book didn’t wow me.
It’s entirely possible I just started with the wrong
book. Of course, the fact that it was
pouring rain outside, meaning I had 12,000 steps to walk on the treadmill, may
also have been a factor. But for
whatever reason, this book just didn’t hold my attention.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Do Some Damage: A Feast For The Eyes
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Publishing ... and Other Forms of Insanity: 34 Writing Contests in May 2018 - No entry fees
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Monday, April 23, 2018
April 21 Issue of RTE
The April 21 issue of RTE is out and includes fifteen new reviews as
well as a new interview:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com
Maris Soule is in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=253
REVIEWS THIS WEEK:
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS Philip Kerr Reviewed by Yvonne Klein
THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES Elizabeth George Reviewed by Phyllis Onstad
TWO KINDS OF TRUTH Michael Connelly Reviewed by Jim Napier
CAVE OF BONES Anne Hillerman Reviewed by Sharon Mensing
NIGHT MOVES Jonathan Kellerman Reviewed by Caryn St Clair
THE STORM KING Brendan Duffy Reviewed by Cathy Downs
COBRA CLUTCH A.L. Devlin Reviewed by Susan Hoover
RAINBIRDS Clarissa Goenawan Reviewed by Lourdes Venard
WEEPING WATERS Karin Brynard Reviewed by Anne Corey
IN STRANGERS' HOUSES Elizabeth Mundy Reviewed by Larissa Kyzer
A BREATH AFTER DROWNING Alice Blanchard Reviewed by Cathy Downs
THE FLEUR de SEL MURDERS Jean-Luc Bannalec Reviewed by Yvonne Klein
NUMBER 7, RUE JACOB Wendy Hornsby Reviewed by Ruth Castleberry
LOST BOOKS AND OLD BONES Paige Shelton Reviewed by Sharon Mensing
THE GHOST IN ROOMETTE FOUR Janet Dawson Reviewed by Lourdes Venard
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
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com
Maris Soule is in the 'Sixty seconds with . . .' interview hot seat:
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=253
REVIEWS THIS WEEK:
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS Philip Kerr Reviewed by Yvonne Klein
THE PUNISHMENT SHE DESERVES Elizabeth George Reviewed by Phyllis Onstad
TWO KINDS OF TRUTH Michael Connelly Reviewed by Jim Napier
CAVE OF BONES Anne Hillerman Reviewed by Sharon Mensing
NIGHT MOVES Jonathan Kellerman Reviewed by Caryn St Clair
THE STORM KING Brendan Duffy Reviewed by Cathy Downs
COBRA CLUTCH A.L. Devlin Reviewed by Susan Hoover
RAINBIRDS Clarissa Goenawan Reviewed by Lourdes Venard
WEEPING WATERS Karin Brynard Reviewed by Anne Corey
IN STRANGERS' HOUSES Elizabeth Mundy Reviewed by Larissa Kyzer
A BREATH AFTER DROWNING Alice Blanchard Reviewed by Cathy Downs
THE FLEUR de SEL MURDERS Jean-Luc Bannalec Reviewed by Yvonne Klein
NUMBER 7, RUE JACOB Wendy Hornsby Reviewed by Ruth Castleberry
LOST BOOKS AND OLD BONES Paige Shelton Reviewed by Sharon Mensing
THE GHOST IN ROOMETTE FOUR Janet Dawson Reviewed by Lourdes Venard
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
TOUGH: Itsy Bitsy Spider, by Michael Bracken
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A Writer's Life....Caroline Clemmons: TIL DEATH DO US PARTY
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Bookblog of the Bristol Library: A Tale of Two Kitties by Sofie Kelly
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TEXAS BOOK LOVER: Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR April 23-2...
TEXAS BOOK LOVER: Monday Roundup: TEXAS LITERARY CALENDAR April 23-2...: Bookish goings-on in Texas for the week of April 2-29, 2018: Special Events: Lib-Con , Abilene, April 25-28 Rio Grande Valley Internati...
Aubrey Hamilton Reviews: Dead Cold by Claire Stibbe
Dead Cold by Claire Stibbe (Noble Lizard Publishing, 2017) is the
fourth book in her police procedural series about Albuquerque Police Detective
David Temeke and his partner Malin Santiago. Temeke is called out in the middle
of the night for a house explosion and fire with fatalities. Of the residents,
it appears Flynn McCann escaped with smoke inhalation, burns, and a concussion
while his wife Tarian perished. The reek of gasoline and the pattern of the
blaze scream arson, so both the fire and police departments begin investigative
measures without delay. Flynn claims not to remember what happened in the hours
leading up to the explosion. The neighbors report frequent loud altercations
between the couple, and a cryptic poem is found hand-delivered in their mail
box. Temeke’s check of the garage shows a chair with leather cuffs on the legs
and arms with what might be bloodstains and a Barbie doll on a shelf nearby,
adding to the list of questions about this household.
Once the autopsy reveals that Tarian was
dead before the fire started and the police learn Tarian filed a restraining
order against her husband just months before, Flynn knows he is considered a
person of interest in his wife’s death and he decides to leave the state before
he can be arrested. He travels to Gallup in search of his birth father, whom he
does not remember. The text alternates between Flynn’s tour of the Southwest along
the legendary Route 66 and the police investigation that steadily uncovers
marital infidelity, drug addiction, and financial instability.
The interaction and natural personality
conflicts among the police personnel provide a counterpoint to the tension of
the unfolding plot. Just how Temeke, a black London native, ended up in
Albuquerque isn’t clear nor is how he’s managed to get crosswise with some
senior police officials. A bit more back story would be helpful.
The narrative of the scenery of New
Mexico and Arizona is picturesque and makes the book worth reading all by
itself.
Stibbe is the winner of the 2017 New Mexico/Arizona Book
Award.
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Paperback: 346 pages
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Publisher: Noble Lizard
Publishing (October 31, 2017)
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Language: English
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ISBN-10: 0998202703
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ISBN-13: 978-0998202709
Aubrey Hamilton ©2018
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who works on
Federal IT projects by day and reads mysteries at night.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: STEPHEN MERTZ returns to detective fiction with SA...
Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: STEPHEN MERTZ returns to detective fiction with SA...: Steve Mertz’s first book, way back in 1979, was a detective novel called Some Die Hard (reviewed HERE ). Since then, over the course o...
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