#fiction Archives – scintilla.info
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: 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: Black Water Sister, Zen Cho Fantasy/Mystery: Black Water Sister, Zen Cho “The first thing the ghost said to Jess was: Does your mother know you’re a pengkid?” That is the first line of Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, a genre shredding book that is a mystery wrapped in a fantasy […]
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, […]
Book Review: Halfway House, Helen Fitzgerald Fiction: Halfway House, Helen Fitzgerald Lou is ready to start over. Coming off of a relationship with an older married man, she is leaving Australia and moving in with her cousin in Edinburgh, Scotland. That’s just what the doctor ordered: a new city, a new part of the […]