January 2021 – scintilla.info

Book Review: The Conspiracy, A CID Case Thriller, Jack Probyn Thriller: The Conspiracy, A CID Case Thriller, Jack Probyn Blog Tour January 29, 2021   Jake Tanner is an up and coming temporary Detective Constable on his first assignment. Along with his friend Danika, he has been assigned to the Major Crimes division of a […]

Book Review: The Longest Shadow, A DS Thoroughgood Thriller Book 3, R.J. Mitchell Thriller: The Longest Shadow, A DS Thoroughgood Thriller Book 3, R.J. Mitchell Blog Tour January 29, 2021   Ah, Scotland. A place where a priest can get a pint from a pub, climb the steps to a landmark, and attempt to murder […]

Quote: Vera Nazarian on Reading   Quote: Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. Vera Nazarian    For more on this award winner science fiction author see her website: https://www.veranazarian.com/   Quote: Vera Nazarian on Reading

Book Review: Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough, John J. Ross, M.D.   Nonfiction: Shakespeare’s Tremor and Orwell’s Cough, John J. Ross, M.D.   Certain writers’ works are, dare I say, infected with certain maladies. Shakespeare frequently refers obliquely to syphilis. James Joyce has multiple descriptive names for gonorrhea. Tuberculosis affects characters in Jane Eyre and […]

Book Review: The Hurting, DS Thoroughgood Book 2, R.J. Mitchell   Thriller: The Hurting, DS Thoroughgood Book 2, R.J. Mitchell   Almost anyone who’s been in love believes they would be willing to die for that special someone. Whether that’s a significant other, a spouse, a child, or many other relationships that shape a life, our willingness […]

Series Review: The Stolen Child, The Innocent Girl, The Missing Husband, & The Silent Victims, DI Hanlon Series, Alex Coombs Mystery Series: The Stolen Child, The Innocent Girl, The Missing Husband, & The Silent Victims, DI Hanlon Series, Alex Coombs   I was completely unfamiliar with the DI Hanlon series prior to being invited to […]

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Quote: Martin Luther King Jr. on The Function of Education   The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King Jr.   About Martin Luther King Jr. — https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/  https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr https://www.biography.com/activist/martin-luther-king-jr   Quote: Martin Luther […]

Book Review: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb   Nonfiction: 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics,, Bruce Goldfarb   Although it would make a great title for a crime novel, 18 Tiny Deaths […]

Book Review: Parallel Lines, A DS Thoroughgood Thriller, R. J. Mitchell Thriller: Parallel Lines, A DS Thoroughgood Thriller, R. J. Mitchell Blog Tour January 15, 2021   It would not be fair to say that Parallel Lines starts slowly. It takes some time introducing characters, giving readers a feel for the seamier side of Glasgow, […]

Book Review: The Down Days, Ilze Hugo   Science Fiction: The Down Days, Ilze Hugo   This is a book that simultaneously feels too real to be fiction and too fantastic to be believable. Ilze Hugo has taken a near-future South Africa coming to terms with a fatal plague and created a world that feels […]