Book Review: The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey Science Fiction/Mystery: The Echo Wife, Sarah Gailey I hardly know where to start with this amazing work by Sarah Gailey. They have written a book that is traumatic and beautiful, transformative and mesmerizing and cruel and healing. I am truly in awe. Evelyn is an […]
Book Review: Cold as Hell, An Áróra Investigation Book 1, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Mystery: Cold as Hell, An Áróra Investigation Book 1, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Blog Tour October 11, 2021 Áróra was born in Iceland, daughter of an Icelandic father and an English mother. Raised in both countries, she […]
Book Review: Iced in Paradise, Leilani Santiago Book 1, Naomi Hirahara Book Review: Iced in Paradise, Leilani Santiago Book 1, Naomi Hirahara We have never been to Hawai’i. I’m sure there are some terrific bookstores on the islands, so when Scintilla strikes it rich and we can fly around the world on the expense account, […]
Book Review: The Accused, PI Charlie Cameron Book 4, Owen Mullen Mystery: The Accused, PI Charlie Cameron Book 4, Owen Mullen Blog Tour September 24, 2021 PI Charlie Cameron is great at finding people. So a mobster’s wife thinks he might be just as good at helping people be not found. Kim Rafferty is […]
Book Review: Heron’s Cry, Two Rivers Series Book 2, Ann Cleeves Mystery: Heron’s Cry, Two Rivers Series Book 2, Ann Cleeves Even though book reviews are something we do for fun and do not get paid for, at Scintilla we feel a certain sense of responsibility for the task. Writers work exceedingly hard […]
Book Review: False Value, Rivers of London Book 8, Ben Aaronovitch Mystery/Fantasy: False Value, Rivers of London Book 8, Ben Aaronovitch Peter Grant has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police, his connections to “the Folly” (the branch devoted to the fae, supernatural, magical, and generally weird) cut off, and with twins on the way he […]
Book Review: The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown, A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation Book 2, Vaseem Khan Book Review: The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown, A Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation Book 2, Vaseem Khan Inspector Chopra (ret’d) has decided that a nice relaxing trip to the museum […]
Book Review: Murder on Bamboo Lane, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 1, Naomi Hirahara Mystery: Murder on Bamboo Lane, An Ellie Rush Mystery Book 1, Naomi Hirahara Ellie Rush has wanted to be a homicide detective ever since she accompanied her aunt, a high ranking officer in the LAPD, to “bring your daughter to work […]
Book Review: The Great Silence, The Skelfs Series Book 3, Doug Johnstone Book Review: The Great Silence, The Skelfs Series Book 3, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour August 20, 2021 After reading this book, I began to think about the many Scottish authors I’ve had the privilege to read and review over the last few years in […]
