September 2023 – scintilla.info

Book Review: The Keeper of Hidden Books, Madeline Martin Historical Fiction: The Keeper of Hidden Books, Madeline Martin Blog Tour September 29, 2023   Zofia is in her teens, living in Warsaw, Poland, during the beginning of World War II. She and her best friend, Janina, are inseparable. They are in the same class at […]

Book Review: Christmas at the Saporis, Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mysteries Book 2, KD Sherrinford Mystery: Christmas at the Saporis, Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mysteries Book 2, KD Sherrinford Blog Tour September 27, 2023   Ah, Christmas! A time for gathering with family and friends, a time for playing games, for making and sharing memories, […]

Book Review: Song for Someone, Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mysteries Book 1, KD Sherrinford   Mystery: Song for Someone, Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler Mysteries Book 1, KD Sherrinford Blog Tour  September 25, 2023   Charlotte Sapori has grown up in the loving embrace of her parents, Lucca and Irene Sappori. Her mother is […]

Book Review: Ruin Beach, DI Ben Kitto Book 2, Kate Rhodes Mystery: Ruin Beach, DI Ben Kitto Book 2, Kate Rhodes   A young diving instructor is murdered during a night dive to one of the caves near the shore of Tresco. Tresco is the second largest of the Scilly Isles, within sight of DI […]

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Book Review: The Murmurs, Michael J Malone Book Review: The Murmurs, Michael J Malone Blog Tour September 18, 2023   We know, though we may not care to admit, that death is coming to everyone we see. Some people know the time of their death is near: serious illness, critical injury, advanced age, etc. Most […]

Book Review: The Trail, M.A. Hunter Mystery: The Trail, M.A. Hunter Blog Tour: September 15, 2023   Jess is a 30-something woman who has failed to launch. A freelance writer whose gigs are drying up, she decides to give up her dreams and apply to the insurance call center where her friend Ashley works. Ashley […]

Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes   When blog tour organizer Tracy Fenton from Compulsive Readers invited her blogging cohort to read the entire series of DI Ben Kitto books by Kate Rhodes, a mystery series set in the Scilly Isles […]

Book Review: Scareground, Angela Kecojevic Middle School Fantasy: Scareground, Angela Kecojevic Blog Tour, September 11, 2023   Nancy knows who she is and what she will be. She is Nancy Crumpet, 12 years old, adopted daughter of the local bakers. When she grows up, she will join her parents in the bakery and eventually run […]

Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Blog Tour September 11, 2023   This book is brilliantly conceived and executed, but it is not for everyone. It is essentially a first-person memoir of a Nigerian immigrant to India who becomes a drug dealer. The plot is […]

Book Review: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Mystery: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour September 8, 2023   There is not necessarily any reason why the title of a novel should tell you much about the content of the story. Often there […]