Book Review: Ruin Beach, DI Ben Kitto Book 2, Kate Rhodes Mystery: Ruin Beach, DI Ben Kitto Book 2, Kate Rhodes A young diving instructor is murdered during a night dive to one of the caves near the shore of Tresco. Tresco is the second largest of the Scilly Isles, within sight of DI […]
Blog Tour: The Murmurs, Michael J Malone
Book Review: The Murmurs, Michael J Malone Book Review: The Murmurs, Michael J Malone Blog Tour September 18, 2023 We know, though we may not care to admit, that death is coming to everyone we see. Some people know the time of their death is near: serious illness, critical injury, advanced age, etc. Most […]
Blog Tour: The Trail, M.A. Hunter
Book Review: The Trail, M.A. Hunter Mystery: The Trail, M.A. Hunter Blog Tour: September 15, 2023 Jess is a 30-something woman who has failed to launch. A freelance writer whose gigs are drying up, she decides to give up her dreams and apply to the insurance call center where her friend Ashley works. Ashley […]
Book Review: Hell Bay, Kate Rhodes
Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes Book Review: Hell Bay, DI Ben Kitto Book 1, Kate Rhodes When blog tour organizer Tracy Fenton from Compulsive Readers invited her blogging cohort to read the entire series of DI Ben Kitto books by Kate Rhodes, a mystery series set in the Scilly Isles […]
Blog Tour: Scareground, Angela Kecojevic
Book Review: Scareground, Angela Kecojevic Middle School Fantasy: Scareground, Angela Kecojevic Blog Tour, September 11, 2023 Nancy knows who she is and what she will be. She is Nancy Crumpet, 12 years old, adopted daughter of the local bakers. When she grows up, she will join her parents in the bakery and eventually run […]
Blog Tour: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue
Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Book Review: The Nigerian Mafia: Mumbai, Onyeka Nwelue Blog Tour September 11, 2023 This book is brilliantly conceived and executed, but it is not for everyone. It is essentially a first-person memoir of a Nigerian immigrant to India who becomes a drug dealer. The plot is […]
Blog Tour: The Opposite of Lonely, Doug Johnstone
Book Review: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Mystery: The Opposite of Lonely, The Skelfs Series Book 5, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour September 8, 2023 There is not necessarily any reason why the title of a novel should tell you much about the content of the story. Often there […]
Blog Tour: Murder on the Farm, Kate Wells
Book Review: Bitch: On the Female of the Species, Lucy Cooke
Book Review: Bitch: On the Female of the Species, Lucy Cooke Nonfiction/Science: Bitch: On the Female of the Species, Lucy Cooke In her provocatively titled book, Bitch, Lucy Cooke takes aim at the biases that have shaped the study of animals, specifically, biases against females (or perhaps for males). Cooke is a brilliant […]
Blog Tour: The Raging Storm, Ann Cleeves
Book Review: The Raging Storm, The Two Rivers Series Book 3, Ann Cleeves Mystery: The Raging Storm, The Two Rivers Series Book 3, Ann Cleeves Blog Tour September 1, 2023 Matthew Venn and his team are summoned to investigate the death of a local celebrity. Jem Rosco had made a name for himself as a […]