Review: Lousiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon

The Particulars: Mystery, selfpublished, available as e-book and in print The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: C The blurb: It was a hell of a longshot… CIA Assassin Fortune Redding is about to undertake her most difficult mission ever–in Sinful, Louisiana. With a leak at the CIA and a price on her head by […]

Review: Strong Poison by Dorothy Sayers

The Particulars: Mystery,Harper Collins, available as e-book and in print The Source: The Bookshelf The Grade: B- The Blurb: The classic mystery that first featured Harriet Vane, companion sleuth to the dashing, perennially popular private investigator Lord Peter Wimsey, from the writer widely considered the greatest mystery novelist of the Golden Age—Dorothy L. Sayers. Mystery […]

Review: Capable of Murder by Brian Kavanagh

The Particulars: Mystery, Be Write Books, available in print and e-book. The Source: Won in a giveaway The Grade: C+ The Blurb: The old lady’s decaying body lay at the foot of the stairs. The police believe it was simply an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. But was it? Young Australian, Belinda Lawrence is […]

Painted Truth by Lise McClendon

The Particulars: Mystery, Smashwords, e-bookThe Source: Purchased at Smashwords.The Grade: B-The Blurb:Alix Thorssen’s partnership with sexy Paolo Segundo is at a crossroads. When another gallery on the town square burns, revealing the body of a famous artist, she is drawn into the investigation as an appraiser of the lost paintings. Ray Tantro was a has-been […]

Review: A cold day for murder by Dana Stabenow

  The particulars: e-book, mystery, backlist. Grade: C The blurb: Somewhere in the hinterlands of Alaska, among the millions of sprawling acres that comprise Park,a young National Park Ranger has gone missing. When the detective sent after him also vanishes, the Anchorage DA department must turn to their reluctant former investigator, Kate Shugak. Shugak knows […]

Review: Evil Genius by Patricia Rice

Evil Genius by Patricia Rice My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Particulars: Evil Genius by Patricia Rice, e-book, mystery.The Review: The Blurb:Anastasia Devlin has the instincts of a chameleon, but what she really wants is to provide her siblings with the security of the home she’s been denied. Her grandfather dies and his mansion […]