Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Yet a Stranger Series: The First Quarto: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 438 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: I may not know much Shakespeare, but I do know a good murder mystery when I read it, and good romantic suspense. This is both. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By: Lisa... Continue Reading →
Title: His Lordship's Master Series: His Lordship's Mysteries: Book Two Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 193 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: His Lordship's Master is another lovely installment in this wonderful Historical mystery series, loaded with suspense and danger, plenty of suspects to complicate the investigations, and an abundance of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Same Place Series: The Lamb and the Lion: Book Two Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 443 Pages Category: Mystery At a Glance: Every single thing is served to perfection in The Same Place. It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway, I never expected anything less. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Chasing Ghosts Series: Quentin Strange Mysteries: Book One Author: Dean Cole Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 241 Pages Category: Paranormal Suspense, Mystery At a Glance: While the pace of the storytelling was a bit uneven at times, the highs are exhilarating and well-written, especially the ghostly encounters and the lead-up to the Big Reveal. Rating:... Continue Reading →
Title: The Death Under the Dark Arches Series: Stoker & Bash: Book Three Author: Selina Kray Publisher: Self-Published Length: 436 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: The romantic arc of the series is, as always, exceptional, passionate, and heartfelt. Altogether, this book is a little slice of perfection. Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: Stray Fears Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 284 Pages Category: Horror At a Glance: One sure bet in a Gregory Ashe novel is that when the going gets tough, the tough get bloody. Stray Fears is full of pure, goose bump inducing perfection. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Elien Martel is a survivor, but... Continue Reading →
Title: The Told Me I Was Everything Series: The First Quarto: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 373 Pages Category: Mystery At a Glance: The tension, as always, is top tier, and the mystery is fraught with danger, as many of this author's readers have come to expect. The end also leaves readers... Continue Reading →
Title: The Counterfeit Viscount Series: A Novella in the Wicked Gentlemen -verse Author: Ginn Hale Publisher: Blind Eye Books Length: 123 Pages Category: Fantasy, Mystery At a Glance: The Counterfeit Viscount drew upon my sentimentality and the affection I have for this vivid alternate reality -verse, and, as always, Hale's writing exudes atmosphere. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Title: The Same Breath Series: The Lamb and the Lion: Book One Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 455 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: The Same Breath has all the earmarks of what makes a Gregory Ashe novel a Gregory Ashe novel, and waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop between Tean and... Continue Reading →
Title: Calvin's Head Author: David Swatling Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Length: 264 Pages Category: Psychological Thriller CW: graphic violence and harm/cruelty to animals At a Glance: Jason Dekker is a paradoxical protagonist, a sympathetic, if not conventionally principled, character. I enjoyed this trip into the mind of a serial killer with some serious identity issues.... Continue Reading →
Title: A Friend in the Dark Series: An Auden & O'Callaghan Mystery: Book One Authors: Gregory Ashe and C.S. Poe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 251 Pages Category: Mystery At a Glance: As one would expect from two authors who know their way around a good mystery, A Friend in the Dark establishes the suspense early, keeps... Continue Reading →
Title: Shadows Deceive Series: Psychic Detective Mysteries: Book Three Author: S.C. Wynne Publisher: Self-Published Length: 266 Pages Category: Murder Mystery, Paranormal At a Glance: S.C. Wynne doles this story out in terrific pitch and timing, and the moments before Liam and Thompson have the chance to reconcile truly is the stuff of impeccable romantic suspense.... Continue Reading →
Title: His Lordship's Secret Series: His Lordship's Mysteries: Book One Author: Samantha SoRelle Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 329 Pages Category: Historical Romance, Mystery At a Glance: A great twist to the mystery at the end of His Lordship's Secret drives the story to its dangerous climax. I'm counting this one a win, a lucky find,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Keeper of Bees Series: Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords: Book Five Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 369 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Action packed, heart-pounding suspense and danger and intrigue somehow…somehow…ends on a thoroughly romantic note, and I can’t wait to see where Em and John, and their family,... Continue Reading →
Title: Wayward Series: Hazard and Somerset: A Union of Swords: Book Four Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 428 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: All the requisite ingredients of a Hazard and Somerset novel are accounted for in Wayward: the sharp dialogue, the whodunnit, the complexities of a blended life, the complications in... Continue Reading →
Title: To Find Him and Love Him Again Series: Tyack & Frayne Mysteries: Book Ten: Volume One Author: Harper Fox Publisher: Self-Published Length: 230 Pages Category: Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Mystery At a Glance: Harper Fox’s gift for composing an atmosphere of words into a concert of imagination and romance and the bonds of family and... Continue Reading →
Title: The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch Series: The Wyandot County Mysteries: Book One Author: Marshall Thornton Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 236 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: Witty, often biting, and impeccable, The Less Than Spectacular Times of Henry Milch begins a thoroughly engaging murder mystery series sure to be another... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder at Pirate's Cove Series: Secrets and Scrabble: Book One Author: Josh Lanyon Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 206 Pages Category: Cozy Mystery At a Glance: I can’t wait to visit Pirate’s Cove again and get to know the characters better—especially Jack, and Ellery’s employee Nora, who is completely fabulous—and, of course, see what other... Continue Reading →
Title: Transactional Dynamics Series: Hazard and Somerset: Union of the Swords: Book Three Author: Gregory Ashe Publisher: Self-Published Length: 444 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Transactional Dynamics is yet another superb addition to feed our insatiable addiction to this series. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Emery Hazard is ready for Valentine’s Day. He’s made reservations... Continue Reading →
Title: Blue on Blue Series: Bitter Legacy: Book Three Author: Dal Maclean Publisher: One Block Empire/Blind Eye Books Length: 407 Pages Category: Contemporary, Murder Mystery, Police Procedural At a Glance: Blue on Blue has done nothing less than cement a place for Dal Maclean on my list of must-read authors, once again delivering a suspenseful... Continue Reading →
Title: The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller Author: M. Pepper Langlinais Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 304 Pages Category: Historical, Espionage, Spy Thriller At a Glance: At its heart, this novel is a character study, something it succeeds at and I feel falls short in too. If you are a diehard completionist, be aware that... Continue Reading →
Title: Firewatching Series: A Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler Novel: Book One Author: Russ Thomas Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House Length: 368 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Investigative Procedural At a Glance: If you love a good mystery and investigative procedural with plenty of twists, turns, and intrigue, Firewatching is a sure bet. Simply put, there's nothing... Continue Reading →
Title: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Series: Big Bad Wolf: Book Four Author: Charlie Adhara Publisher: Carina Press Length: 268 Pages Category: Paranormal/Fantasy, Mystery At a Glance: Here comes another rave, y’all. This. Book. Was. So. GOOD. I know I say it every time, but this one was my fave of the series so far. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Reality Bites Series: Hollywood Detective Mysteries: Book One Author: S.C. Wynne Publisher: Self-Published Length: 141 Pages Category: Murder Mystery At a Glance: Fans of murder mystery and romantic suspense will find plenty to love in SC Wynne’s Reality Bites, a short novel that’s long on suspects and delivers no few surprises along the way.... Continue Reading →
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