Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia   Fantasy: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Nebula Award Finalist   Casiopea Tun has not had an easy life. After her father died, she and her mother moved back into her grandfather’s home where they were treated as servants. Forced to clean and […]

Blog Tour: Tipping Point, Michelle Cook

Book Review: Tipping Point, Michelle Cook   Thriller: Tipping Point, Michelle Cook Blog Tour: September 23, 2020   By 2035, England and the rest of the world are dealing with the ferocity of global warming gone wild. Additionally, climate pressures and world unrest have pushed the English government to become a very authoritarian police state. […]

Book Review: The Watchful Coroner, Paul Austin Ardoin

Book Review: The Watchful Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 6, Paul Austin Ardoin   Mystery: The Watchful Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 6, Paul Austin Ardoin   It would not be fair to say that everything is going smoothly for recently elected coroner Fenway Stevenson, but many things are better than they have been. Her father is lying […]

Book Review: The Courtroom Coroner, Paul Austin Ardoin

Book Review: The Courtroom Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 5, Paul Austin Ardoin   Mystery: The Courtroom Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 5, Paul Austin Ardoin   Having established a format in books 1-4, we know how a Fenway Stevenson novel will go. She will spend several days investigating the crimes with her colleagues in the sheriff’s office, traveling […]

Book Review: The Upstaged Coroner, Paul Austin Ardoin

Book Review: The Upstaged Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 4, Paul Austin Ardoin   Mystery: The Upstaged Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 4, Paul Austin Ardoin   The local private university is internationally renowned for its Shakespeare program. Students have graduated to become famous actors. Current students travel yearly to England to participate in workshops and plays […]

Blog Tour: Not the Deaths Imagined, Anne Pettigrew

Book Review: Not the Deaths Imagined, Anne Pettigrew   Mystery: Not the Deaths Imagined, Anne Pettigrew Blog Tour September 18, 2020   I missed reading Anne Pettigrew’s first book, Not the Life Imagined. That needs to be remedied! Perhaps it would have prepared me for Not the Deaths Imagined. Because I was not prepared for […]

Book Review: The Candidate Coroner, Paul Austin Ardoin

Book Review: The Candidate Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 3, Paul Austin Ardoin   Mystery: The Candidate Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 3, Paul Austin Ardoin   Despite her initial reluctance to run for the office she has held for a few months, Fenway Stevenson has been convinced by her friends and colleagues to run for County Coroner. Her […]