Blog Tour: Expectant, Vanda Symon

Book Review: Expectant, A Sam Shephard Thriller Book 5, Vanda Symon Mystery: Expectant, A Sam Shephard Thriller Book 5, Vanda Symon Blog Tour February 3, 2023   When a young pregnant woman near her delivery date is savagely murdered on the streets of Dunedin and her baby taken from its mother’s womb, Detective Sam Shephard is less […]

Blog Tour: The Fire Killer, Ross Greenwood

Book Review: The Fire Killer, A DI Barton Investigation Book 5, Ross Greenwood   Mystery: The Fire Killer, A DI Barton Investigation Book 5, Ross Greenwood Blog Tour June 3, 2022   This book starts with a shocking chapter that puts the reader on alert that things are going to get wild. DI John Barton and his […]

Blog Tour: River Clyde, Simone Bucholz

Book Review: River Clyde, Chastity Riley Book 5, Simone Bucholz, translated by Rachel Ward Fiction: River Clyde, Chastity Riley Book 5, Simone Bucholz, translated by Rachel Ward Blog Tour March 18, 2022   I don’t know how to characterize this book. I am not even sure it’s fair to try. River Clyde follows police officers, […]

Blog Tour: Maltese Steel, Stuart Field

Book Review: Maltese Steel, John Steel Book 5, Stuart Field Thriller: Maltese Steel, John Steel Book 5, Stuart Field Blog Tour May 28, 2021   John Steel gets a phone call that none of us would want to receive. His goddaughter, a young woman in her twenties, has died in Malta. The police investigation is leaning […]

Blog Tour: A Beautiful Breed of Evil, Andy Maslen

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: Network Effect, Martha Wells

Book Review: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells   Science Fiction: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells   Murderbot is back!   Scintilla has previously reviewed the four novellas in the Murderbot series, novellas which individually or collectively have won almost every science fiction award available. Now, in the […]

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 […]