Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Proper Scoundrels Author: Allie Therin Publisher: Carina Press Length: 309 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Proper Scoundrels has come in at the eleventh hour and effortlessly propelled its way onto my list of favorite books of the year. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Their scandalous pasts have left... Continue Reading →
Title: Custody Battles Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 434 Pages Category: Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: This installment of the Hazard and Somerset series exceeded every one of my expectations. I don’t know, maybe I need to raise my expectations, but I... Continue Reading →
Title: Never Stay Gone Series: Big Bend Texas Rangers: Book One Author: Tal Bauer Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 361 Pages Category: Romantic Suspense, Murder Mystery Rating: 3.75 Stars At a Glance: The murder mystery in this book has some great shocks and surprises to keep tensions running high in the search for and revelation of... Continue Reading →
Title: House on Fire Series: Ashes & Dust: Book Two Author: Jenn Burke Publisher: Carina Press Length: 256 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: House on Fire is an impressively busy book with plenty of twists and turns of both the emotional and investigative variety, and I can’t wait for the... Continue Reading →
Title: Dust to Dust Series: The Sutter & Adler Mysteries: Book One Author: Jess Faraday Publisher: Self-Published Length: 54 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: I’m so excited to see Ira Adler and Calvin Sutter again and to see where Jess Faraday is taking them as they get down to the... Continue Reading →
Title: A Stroke of Brilliance Series: Arcane Hearts: Book Two Author: Nazri Noor Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 275 Pages Category: Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: With a wink and a little cheek and a lot of sincerity, Jackson Pryde brings readers along with him for some fun and adventure in a world... Continue Reading →
Title: Relative Justice Series: Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 408 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Relative Justice is nothing short of a spectacular mystery, and it's no exaggeration to say Gregory Ashe knows Hazard and Somers down to every strength,... Continue Reading →
Title: Codirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 335 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: North and Shaw put me through the emotional wringer once again in Codirection, and I don't expect that will change going forward simply because they've reached a turning point in... Continue Reading →
Title: Ophelia's Room Author: Michael Scott Garvin Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 349 Pages Category: Psychological Thriller Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Ophelia's Room is at times a turbulent story while, in jarring contradiction, it lulls readers into a false sense of serenity in its everyday folksiness. There are so many things in which this... Continue Reading →
Title: Cairo Malachi and the Adventure of the Silver Whistle Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 192 Pages Category: Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Murder Mystery Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I'm not sure I was aware of how mad about this book I was while I was reading it. It was only after... Continue Reading →
Title: A Bargain of Blood and Gold Series: Midnight Guardians: Book One Author: Kristin Jacques Publisher: Self-Published Length: 280 Pages Categories: Paranormal Romance, Fantasy, Murder Mystery, Historical Romance Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: A Bargain of Blood and Gold takes its time building up to the peak of the danger to a town that... Continue Reading →
Title: Redirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 333 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I can't possibly begin to guess at the method behind Gregory Ashe's madness, but North McKinney stomped on my very last nerve in Redirection. So why all the stars when... Continue Reading →
Title: Nothing But Good Author: Kess McKinley Publisher: One Block Empire (an imprint of Blind Eye Books) Length: 193 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Nothing But Good is, in no uncertain terms, much better than just good. Kess McKinley proves that a taut and suspensful murder mystery doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Yes, Daddy Author: Jonathan Parks-Ramage Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 293 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Psychological Thriller Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: To say I liked this book would be an outright lie. To say I was absorbed by it, despite my aversion to so much of it, and that the story has stuck... Continue Reading →
Title: Misdirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 395 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: I’m not sure I’ve ever loved a book with such vigor and yet hated some of the things that happened in it as much as I did Misdirection. It’s simultaneously... Continue Reading →
Title: Incubus Author: Leighton Greene Publisher: Self-Published Length: 431 Pages Category: Noir Mystery, Historical Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Incubus most certainly won't be everyone's cuppa. The cruelty is the point in this dark, twisted, base, deviant, and yet ridiculously compelling story. I couldn't put it down. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Los Angeles, 1956.... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder Aforethought Series: Cabrini Law: Book Two Author: Parker St. John Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 274 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Romantic Suspense Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: While I can't say I strongly recommend the entirety of the Cabrini Law series as a must-read, I can say I was intrigued enough by Murder... Continue Reading →
Titles: The Murder Between Us and The Night Of Author: Tal Bauer Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 280 Pages and 292 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Romantic Suspense Ratings: 4 Stars/4 Stars At a Glance: If you don’t have a book picked out for this weekend yet, either one of these would be a smart choice! Mystery and... Continue Reading →
Title: Indirection Series: Borealis: Without a Compass: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 430 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 4.5 Stars At a Glance: I cackled at times at the accuracy, and at the exaggeration, of the goings-on in Indirection, but those emotional thorns in North and Shaw's blossoming relationship sneak in too, of... Continue Reading →
Title: Nighthawking Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book Two Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Length: 383 Pages Category: Murder Mystery Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: As I was reading Nighthawking, I wasn’t sure I loved it as much as Firewatching. Turns out, in the end, I wasn’t quite as awed,... Continue Reading →
Title: Dark Currents Author: Doug Burgess Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Length: 259 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery, Murder Mystery Content Warning: For deadnaming and misgendering of the MC by some characters Rating: 4 Stars At a Glance: Dark Currents is an engaging and suspenseful cozy mystery full of tangled webs and some explosive secrets in a... Continue Reading →
Title: Other Half Series: PsyCop: Book Twelve Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Length: 254 Pages Category: Paranormal, Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Like a smooth, smoky, complex whiskey, this series keeps getting better with age. Other Half, in fact, has set Victor Bayne and Jacob Marks on such an intriguing new... Continue Reading →
Title: The Same End Series: The Lamb and the Lion: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 455 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense Rating: 5 Stars At a Glance: Watching two people learn to accept that they deserve to be loved while they're falling in love with each other is essential to Ashe's storytelling, and that's... Continue Reading →
Title: In the Winter Woods Author: Isabelle Adler Publisher: NineStar Press Length: 220 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery At a Glance: In the Winter Woods embodies the very definition of a cozy mystery, and while not a romance, there is a budding relationship between Declan and Curtis that adds an element of sweetness to the story.... Continue Reading →
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