March 2021 – scintilla.info
Book Review: The Distant Dead, Heather Young Mystery: The Distant Dead, Heather Young Blog Tour March 31, 2021 Some books explode off the page, igniting each chapter with action and adventure, clues and thrills, rising body counts and passionate acts of love. The Distant Dead, by contrast, smolders. Like the proverbial frog […]
Book Review: A Beautiful Breed of Evil, DI Stella Cole Book 5, Andy Maslen Thriller: A Beautiful Breed of Evil, DI Stella Cole Book 5, Andy Maslen Blog Tour March 29, 2021 DI Stella Cole finds herself in an usual state: contentment. Her relationship with her boyfriend is nearing the point where the “L” word […]
Book Review: Secret Places, Heather Peck Mystery: Secret Places, Heather Peck Blog Tour March 26, 2021 Certain genres seem to lend themselves to a formulaic approach. Mysteries and police procedurals have their tropes: the grizzled investigator who has terrible relationships, the hardened criminal who is clearly guilty but hoping to magically escape judgment, […]
Book Review: The Mercenary, Paul Vidich Thriller: The Mercenary, Paul Vidich Blog Tour March 24, 2021 Aleksander Garin has left his spying days behind him. Living in Greenwich Village, NYC, he tries not to think of the successes and failures of his days with the CIA. When he comes home to an empty […]
Book Review: The Beijing Conspiracy, Shamini Flint Thriller: The Beijing Conspiracy, Shamini Flint Blog Tour March 22, 2021 Jack Ford has given up. A former CIA agent in China during the Tiananmen Square massacre, later an Army Ranger and Delta Force operative with three purple hearts, he is done with the military, done with […]
Book Review: Murder at the Mela, Leela Soma Mystery: Murder at the Mela, Leela Soma Blog Tour March 19, 2021 Alok Patel is a newly minted DI, promoted to lead investigations from Glasgow West End Station. As the first DI from Asian descent, he is very aware that he faces pressures from many directions. […]
Book Review: Double Identity, Alison Morton Thriller: Double Identity, Alison Morton Blog Tour March 17, 2021 Mel has her whole life in front of her. Engaged to the man of her dreams, recently retired from the French army, eager to start married life and raise a family, she is enjoying the bliss of […]
Book Review: Space Taxis, Adam and Harriet Frosh Science Fiction: Space Taxis, Adam and Harriet Frosh Blog Tour March 17, 2021 With a title like Space Taxis I was expecting a humorous sci-fi romp. I was not expecting a book of surprising depth and heart that gave both an alternate history of earth and […]
Book Review: Yearn to Fear, The Lamarr Series Book 1, Chas Murrell Thriller: Yearn to Fear, The Lamarr Series Book 1, Chas Murrell Blog Tour March 15, 2021 An obscure Australian government agency, CSIRO, is working on a chip that could revolutionize cell phone technology. Although the team is competent enough, it was not pulled […]
Book Review: Pixeldust, T. K. Arispe Fantasy: Pixeldust, T. K. Arispe Blog Tour: March 12, 2021 Given the anime/manga character on the cover, the relative youth of the main character, and the storyline of a videogame coming to life, one can fairly assume this is a YA book. It is, however, a YA […]