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 […]
Book Review: Cuban Heel, Alex Cohen Book 5, Leopold Borstinski Historical Fiction: Cuban Heel, Alex Cohen Book 5, Leopold Borstinski Blog Tour April 30, 2021 Cuban Heel, Leopold Borstinski Alex Cohen, #5 Blog Tour, April 30, 2021 I have never really been drawn to gangland books or movies. I’ve seen the Godfather […]
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, 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, 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: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Come Tumbling Down, Wayward Children Book 5, Seanan McGuire We’ve met Jack and Jill before in the Wayward Children series. Born to parents who tried to mold their daughters into their ideal of the “perfect” child, they escaped by finding a doorway to […]
Book Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Fantasy: Within the Sanctuary of Wings, The Lady Trent Memoirs Book 5, Marie Brennan Isabella Camherst, aka Lady Trent, has traveled from the mountains to the desert and across the ocean to study dragons. Her discoveries, along with her colleague and friend […]
Book Review: Redemption, Memory Man/Amos Decker Book 5, David Baldacci Thriller: Redemption, Memory Man/Amos Decker Series, David Baldacci Amos Decker may have an infallible memory, but he is not infallible himself. He can make mistakes. On a visit to his daughter’s grave in his hometown of Burlington, OH, a man comes up to him and […]
Book Review: Foxglove Summer, Rivers of London Book 5, Ben Aaronovitch Fantasy: Foxglove Summer, Rivers of London Book 5, Ben Aaronovitch This fifth installment of the DC Peter Grant series of books brings London’s very most junior detective wizard to the country. Two young girls, age 11, have gone missing. Since on very […]
