Heaven's Prisoners (Book 2) By James Lee Burke
Alafair speaks only Spanish but is able to tell Dave, through a Cuban acquaintance he finds to translate, about some of the atrocities perpetrated by the contras in her village. Dave takes little Alafair to the Catholic church where he struggles ... [... more]
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Screaming Room, The By Thomas O'callaghan
Chapter 5 introduces us to Lieutenant John W. Driscoll of the NYPD, and his assistants Detective Cedric Thomlinson and Sergeant Margaret Aligante. Unaware of the bizarre homicides that they will soon be investigating, the three are attending the ... [... more]
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My Soul To Keep By Melanie Wells - Review
Her best source of information turns out to be Christine's psychic link to Nicholas. The little girl can sometimes tell what Nicholas sees and feels. However, because both children are so young, their impressions are limited by their ... [... more]
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Pale Blue Eye, The By Louis Bayard
Young Poe is thrilled beyond words to be approached for so dangerous an assignment. He takes to spying with manic enthusiasm, latching onto Landor as a much needed father-figure. Asked to take notes on his ... [... more]
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Volk´S Game By Brent Ghelfi
Can Volk handle the job? Well, he’s a complicated guy. Secretly, he serves two masters: Maxim, and the General (even going so far as to hold the active military rank of Colonel in the Russian armed forces). He is also a Special Forces veteran of ... [... more]
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Burning Angel (Book 8) By James Lee Burke
Bertha, her niece Ruthie Jean, and nephew Luke all live on an acre of land that is part of the Bertrand plantation now owned by Moleen and his brittle, alcoholic wife Julia. One hundred years ago, one of the Bertrands gave the land to the ... [... more]
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Top 10 Places I Visited In Mystery Fiction During 2007
Of course we readers must always take what we read with a bit of skepticism and a promise to research further until we can be certain of the facts. But with that in mind, it's possible to learn a lot about places in world, both far away and in ... [... more]
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Agatha Christie Biography
After the war, to keep herself occupied during the day, she turned to writing novels and was a hit from the very first story, The Mysterious Affair at Style. Her two most famous characters - Hercule Poiroit and Miss Jane Marple - were not perfect ... [... more]
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Neon Rain, The (Book 1) By James Lee Burke
Both men, each in his late-forties, are alcoholics, but handle it in different ways. Dave hangs on by his fingernails to the twelve-steps of AA, and Clete floors it knowingly down that highway to alcoholic hell, not really caring that his bill ... [... more]
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How To Write A Great Title
In closing, I must draw your attention to a very funny book about titles: Now All We Need is a Title by Andre Bernard. It contains priceless anecdotes from the publishing industry about working titles, title changes, good titles, and bad titles. ... [... more]
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Which Books Should Win The Edgar?
I’m hoping that The Pale Blue Eye wins the Edgar for best mystery. It was the first of all the nominees that I read, and it continued to have the greatest impact upon me. The story is haunting, and the character of young Edgar Allan Poe is ... [... more]
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Double Dead By Terry Hoover
Our setting is Charlotte NC, 1961. Chapter 1 opens with a ringing phone waking up young Greg. Someone named John, whom he doesn’t like much, tells him that his mother Delores is dead. Soon John drives up with the dead body of Greg’s mother ... [... more]
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