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...
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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....
May 19, 2013
Books of the Week: The City, Stella Gemmell Kitty Rocks the House, Carrie Vaughn Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris I don’t believe I could have read three more diverse books if I’d picked them out of a hat. The City is a multiple POV science fiction...
May 8, 2013
Books of the Week: The Vampire Tapestry, Suzy McKee Charnas Under the Hill: Bomber’s Moon, Alex Beecroft Blood Oranges, Kathleen Tierney The Last Policeman, Ben Winters Suzy McKee Charnas wrote The Vampire Tapestry in 1980, and I’m sorry to say I read it for the first...
April 8, 2013
Books of the Week: Gun Machine, Warren Ellis Twice Tempted, Jeaniene Frost Six Years, Harlan Coben Lover at Last, J.R. Ward No Hero, Jonathan Wood Long airplane trips are a perfect opportunity for me to get some reading done, and on the way to and from Los Angeles I...
March 23, 2013
Books of the Week: Suspect, Robert Crais Warlord of Willow Ridge, Gary Phillips Midnight Blue-Light Special, Seanan McGuire Robert Crais is undoubtedly one of the major crime writers of the past decade, or longer, and I open a book of his with anticipation and...
March 10, 2013
Books of the Week: Seven Kinds of Hell, Dana Cameron Summon the Keeper, Tanya Huff Slashback, Rob Thurman It's strictly a coincidence that all three books begin with the letter "S" this time, and that they're all by woman I know and respect. Before this begins to feel...
February 21, 2013
Books of the Week: Undead and Underwater, MaryJanice Davidson City of Dark Magic, Magnus Flyte Hit Me, Lawrence Block And When She was Good, Laura Lippman What a wonderful lot of books I had to read this time. Sadly, there were a couple I just couldn't make progress...
February 2, 2013
Books of the Week: Personal Demon, Susan Sizemore Kitty Steals the Show, Carrie Vaughn Speaking from Among the Bones, Alan Bradley Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs It’s been a long time since I read Susan Sizemore, and I enjoyed returning to her with Personal Demon. It’s...
January 10, 2013
Books of the Week: Live by Night, Dennis Lehane Bitten, Kelley Armstrong I think I’ve misplaced a book or two I read between the last blog and this one, because that seems awful scant, for me. Dennis Lehane is one of the major American crime writers of the past...