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September 10, 2013
Books of the Week: A Skeleton in the Family, Leigh Perry Omens, Kelley Armstrong A Matter of Blood, Sarah Pinborough Codex Born, Jim Hines It took me some time to realize that aside from recommending Leigh Perry's new book, I had neglected to review it; I'd read it so...
News: Dead of Night
"Dancers in the Dark," my only true romantic work, has been repackaged again. This time DITD comes with a different accompanying novella, a different collective title, and with a new cover. Now I'm paired with Amanda Stevens. Her contribution is "The Devil's...
September 3, 2013
Books of the Week: Undead and Unsure, MaryJanice Davidson Skinner, Charlie Huston Blood of Tyrants, Naomi Novik The Wolves of Midwinter, Anne Rice I apologize for the long lag between columns. I was finishing a book, myself. And I’ve read some good ones; it’s going to...
August 10, 2013
Books of the Week: Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch Cold Shot to the Heart, Wallace Stroby My Friends Call Me Moon, James Morrow Walton It’s work pointing out that inspired by our trip to the UK, I’ve also been brushing up on my Agatha Christie. The godmother of mystery...
July 31, 2013
Books of the Week: A Stranger in the Family, Robert Barnard Hunted, Kevin Hearne Disturbance, Jan Burke The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan Robert Barnard is one of the noted British crimewriters of the past two decades, and he continues to be a fine read in A...
July 5, 2013
Books of the Week The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey The Cases of Susan Dare, Mignon G. Eberhart The Twelve Clues of Christmas, Rhys Bowen I did read a few more books, but one is a very early ARC of a book that I’m going to blurb, and I didn’t like another one. So here’s my...
June 16, 2013
Books of the Week: Splintered, A.G. Howard The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau Affliction, Laurell K. Hamilton A.G. Howard's Splintered is a reimagining of the story of "Alice in Wonderland," and it's a dark and unexpected version of the story that enchanted so many of us...
June 25, 2013
Books of the Week: The Reckoning, Alma Katsu The Thing About Weres, Leigh Evans Tracking the Tempest, Nicole Peeler Free Fall, Chris Grabenstein The Reckoning is the second book in Alma Katsu’s trilogy about the misfortunes of love and the mistakes we make when we try...
June 3, 2013
Books of the Week: Blood and Silk, Carol McKay House Rules, Chloe Neill Appalachian Overthrow, E.E. Knight Carol McKay’s Blood and Silk is a thoroughly-researched novel published by a very small press. If the premise of the book (that Mary Magdalene was married to...
May 26, 2013
Books of the Week: Don’t Ever Get Old, Daniel Friedman The Shake, Mel Nicolai The Magistrates of Hell, Barbara Hambly Criminal Enterprise, Owen Laukkanen I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Friedman at the Edgar awards ceremony; Daniel was up for Best First Mystery....