Book Review: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Science Fiction: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Blog Tour March 13, 2023 I cannot say enough good things about this book. Beautiful Shining People is an exquisite story with incredible characters, an almost poetic elegy on what it means to be human. John is a “boy […]
Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Blog Tour March 8, 2023 Having now read a couple of the books in this series, I can confirm that I am […]
Book Review: The Temenos Remains, DCI Greg Geldard Book 4, Heather Peck Mystery: The Temenos Remains, DCI Greg Geldard Book 4, Heather Peck Blog Tour March 3, 2023 Archaeologists at a dig often find human remains during the course of their work. Usually those remains date to the time frame of the people who left the […]
Book Review: The Hand that Feeds You, Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge Mystery: The Hand that Feeds You, Mercedes Rosende, translated by Tim Gutteridge Blog Tour March 1, 2023 Part of the delight of reading is the travel it allows. I really intended to either have a career that took me around the […]
Book Review: City of Fear, Carter Thompson Mysteries Book 2, Sean O’Leary Mystery: City of Fear, Carter Thompson Mysteries Book 2, Sean O’Leary Author’s choices fascinate me. Some stories feel complete. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end. This is the tried and true method, the way we were taught in school. […]
Book Review: Fear or Favour, DCI Stirling Book 3, Ray Britain Mystery: Fear or Favour, DCI Stirling Book 3, Ray Britain Blog Tour February 22, 2023 I loved this book. I loved the plotting, the twists, the development of the characters, the writing. However, I don’t think I much like the main character, DCI […]
Book Review: The Forcing, Paul Hardisty Fiction: The Forcing, Paul Hardisty Blog Tour February 20, 2023 Curiously, our most previous review on Scintilla was of a collection of short stories expressing hope that climate change can and would be addressed. Paul Hardisty’s novel The Forcing is not so hopeful. In a world where pandemics, […]
Book Review: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet, edited by D.A. Baden Short Story Collection: No More Fairy Tales: Stories to Save the Planet, edited by D.A. Baden Blog Tour February 17, 2023 I love short stories, but I don’t always love anthologies. Sometimes the anthologies feel a bit forced, “Tales […]
Book Review: The Devil’s Advisor, Brad Abdul Book Review: The Devil’s Advisor, Brad Abdul Blog Tour February 13, 2023 I have had jobs that I described as “hell.” Brian Lachey hates his job so much, hell is actually an upgrade. Lucy, the devil, Satan herself, wants to retire. She has been in charge […]
