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Book Review:  Sin:Thetica, Keith Anthony Baird SciFi Mystery/Thriller: Sin:Thetica, Keith Anthony Baird   Pennsylvania, my home for the past 21 years, is known for its weather-forecasting rodent. “Punxsutawney Phil” comes out of its burrow in early February to much fanfare and hordes of groundhog fans (groundhogs, also called woodchucks, are large ground squirrels, similar to […]

Book Review: Death in Bacton Wood, The Norfolk Murders Book 3, Ross Greenwood Mystery: Death in Bacton Wood, The Norfolk Murders Book 3, Ross Greenwood Blog Tour May 7, 2024   Sometimes timing does not work out in your favor. DS Ashley Knight’s timing, for example, is awful. She has long been interested in an […]

Book Review: The Time-Marked Warlock, Shami Stovall Fantasy: The Time-Marked Warlock, Shami Stovall I am quickly falling in love with books by Shami Stovall. The latest one that has come to my attention is The Time-Marked Warlock. Adair Finch is that time-marked warlock. He is able to reset time back to a specific moment that […]

Book Review: Secrets of Peace, Secrets of Peace Book 1, T. A. Hernandez Thriller: Secrets of Peace, Secrets of Peace Book 1, T. A. Hernandez Blog Tour February 27, 2024   Zira is young, petite, and deadly. An assassin for the government of PEACE, which rules over the remnants of the US and Canada, she is one […]

Book Review: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Poetry: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Blog Tour February 20, 2024   The story of Tristan and Yseault (or Isolde) dates back to at least the 12th Century C.E. In the traditional telling of the story, Yseault from Ireland is meant to marry King Mark from Cornwall. Tristan is sent to fetch […]

Book Review: The Descent, Paul Hardisty Thriller: : The Descent, Paul Hardisty Blog Tour: February 14, 2024   Last February we reviewed The Forcing by Paul Hardisty. It was a chilling climate fiction about a world with out of control global warming and the desperate political steps taken to try to deal with the destruction. […]

Book Review: A Deadly Promise: DI Kay Hunter Book 13, Rachel Amphlett Mystery: A Deadly Promise: DI Kay Hunter Book 13, Rachel Amphlett   Imagine this. You are returning to England after a relaxing driving vacation through the south of France. You have rented an executive counterpart to AirBnb, paying a hefty sum for the […]

Book Review: Hurt Runs Within, Zoltan Vincze                 Thriller: Hurt Runs Within, Zoltan Vincze   Mackay Connolly’s life changed when the truck he was driving hit two IEDs. His two companions were killed instantly. He should have been as well. His rib cage was completely and irreparably shattered. […]

Book Review: The Guests, Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger                 Fiction: The Guests, Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger   Karin and Kai live a reasonable, middle-class life. Kai is a joiner (carpenter), Karin is a lawyer. They have two sons. To the world, they seem like […]

Book Review: Idolatry, Aditya Sudarshan Book Review: Idolatry, Aditya Sudarshan   Sometimes I wonder whether I should give up reading American and European authors in order to make time for the extraordinary voices coming from other parts of the world. I won’t actually do that, but when a book like Idolatry comes to my attention, […]