Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Author Joe Cosentino joins us today to chat a bit about his latest novel Drama Queen and is also offering the chance for one lucky reader to win an e-copy of his Dreamspinner Press novella An Infatuation. To enter for your chance to win, just click on the Rafflecopter widget below. Good luck! WHY I... Continue Reading →
Title: Body Art Author: Jordan Castillo Price Publisher: JCP Books Pages/Run Time: 108 Pages/ 3 Hours and 24 Minutes At a Glance: A little murder and another stellar performance by Gomez Pugh make perfect companions of this e- and audiobook. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Does everyone have a certain “type” they end up with…whether they... Continue Reading →
A funny thing happened on the way to the murder scene… I needed victims. Now skip this part if you’ve heard it before but see, it’s hard to be a serial killer without victims. And if there’s one thing I do like writing, it is murder. For the introduction of Rook and Dante in Murder... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder and Mayhem Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: I closed the book with a smile. :) Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Dead women tell no tales. Former cat burglar Rook Stevens stole many a priceless thing in the past, but he’s never been accused of taking a... Continue Reading →
Title: Fragmented Series: Shadow Mountain (Sequel to Fated) Author: Indra Vaughn Publishers: Dreamspinner Press Releasing: June of 2015 Length: 266 Pages Categories: Paranormal, Murder Mystery Cover Artist: L.C. Chase Blurb: The capture of the Tattoo Murderer has demanded a heavy price. Doctor Tobias Darwin is dead, Lieutenant Hart is back in Riverside licking his substantial... Continue Reading →
Title: Pieces of Jack Author: BJ Sheppard Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 305 Pages At a Glance: The mystery element in Pieces Of Jack is center stage and riveting. The action is swift and pulls you along, the terror and fear palpable. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: …the price of silence just went up. 14 years ago,... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder on the Mountain Author: Jamie Fessenden Narrator: Cliff Bergen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 7 Hours, 15 Minutes At a Glance: The narrator in this case was okay, but I didn’t love his rendition of this book. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: When Jesse Morales, a recent college grad who aspires to be a... Continue Reading →
Title: Rainey’s Release (Kansas City Heat: Book Six) Author: Jenna Byrnes Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 108 Pages At a Glance: Jenna Byrnes’ writing is entertaining and keeps you wanting more. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: A madman targets gay drug addicts. Can the KCPD track down the latest serial killer before more blood is shed?... Continue Reading →
Title: Still Waters Author: F.E. Feeley Jr. Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: This is a novel that will stay with you well beyond the last page. I highly recommend it. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Promise, Michigan is very much like every other small town across the state. Built on the... Continue Reading →
Title: IM Author: Rick R. Reed Publisher: DSP Publications Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: IM is action packed, horrifying in its detail, and full of the most delicious twists and turns that will make your skin crawl and your heart race. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: The Internet is the new meat market for... Continue Reading →
Title: Splintered Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages At a Glance: An excellent psycho-thriller mystery story, with a bit of romance thrown in. Reviewed By: Angel Blurb: A string of murders targeting effeminate gay men has the GLBTQ community of Chicago on alert, but budget cuts have left many precincts understaffed... Continue Reading →
Title: Cheap as Beasts Author: Jon Wilson Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages At a Glance: A recommendable read for lovers of classic murder mystery. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Like most soldiers, Declan Colette lost his fair share in the war—in his case a sailor, drowned off Iwo Jima. Since then he’s been... Continue Reading →
Title: The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of Author: Joseph Hansen Publisher: Open Road Media Pages/Word Count: 181 Pages At a Glance: I don’t think there are any new ways I can come up with to express how exemplary these books are Blurb: When Ben Orton’s head is found bludgeoned by a heavy flower pot, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Troublemaker Author: Joseph Hansen Publisher: Mulholland Books (Orig. Publication – 1975) Pages/Word Count: 272 Pages At a Glance: Another great mystery, though doesn't keep pace with the first two in the series Blurb: Rick Wendell’s ranch is far from town. A remote, dusty hideaway, its only inhabitants are Rick, his aging mother, and her... Continue Reading →
Title: Sleeping on the Job Author: Missouri Dalton Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 118 pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: At sixteen, Simon Murphy was an accomplished jewel thief, at eighteen he was released from a boy’s reform school and these days, he’s a detective with Chicago’s Night Shift. When a familiar killer strikes again, Simon... Continue Reading →
A Quick Q&A With Charlie Q: Where are you from? A: Stoke Newington, in London. Just around the very limit of where you can hear Bow Bells so doubtful if I count as a cockney. (And they were mending them at the time I was born so perhaps nobody of my age truly qualifies.) Q:... Continue Reading →
Title: When Ryan Came Back Author: Devon McCormack Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 222 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Steven's life changes forever the day he discovers his childhood friend and lifelong crush, Ryan Walters, standing in his bedroom. The problem? Ryan Walters committed suicide just days earlier. Ryan tells Steven that he didn't... Continue Reading →
Title: Love and Punishment Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 245 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: FROM DARKNESS AND LIGHT Someone is leaving a trail of bodies throughout London, and Detective Anthony Parglietto is determined to end the violence. Then he’ll return to the man he loves. Tough, street-savvy, and used... Continue Reading →
Title: Murder on the Mountain Author: Jamie Fessenden Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When Jesse Morales, a recent college grad who aspires to be a mystery writer, volunteers to work on the summit of Mt. Washington for a week, he expects to work hard. What he doesn’t expect is... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Tells Author: Rachel White Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Nineteen years ago, Demetrius Fallon was accused of murdering his father by way of a rare, unusual poison. When the crown prince is nearly killed the same way, Demetrius agrees to work with Rodger Dalme, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Blood Tells Author: Rachel White Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Nineteen years ago, Demetrius Fallon was accused of murdering his father by way of a rare, unusual poison. When the crown prince is nearly killed the same way, Demetrius agrees to work with Rodger Dalme, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Dirty Laundry Author: Rhys Ford Narrator:: Greg Tremblay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours, 56 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: For ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from... Continue Reading →
Title: Dirty Laundry Author: Rhys Ford Narrator:: Greg Tremblay Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 8 Hours, 56 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: For ex-cop turned private investigator Cole McGinnis, each day brings a new challenge. Too bad most of them involve pain and death. Claudia, his office manager and surrogate mother, is still recovering from... Continue Reading →
Title: Boystown 6: From the Ashes Author: Marshall Thornton Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: The most unlikely person in the world asks Private Investigator Nick Nowak to investigate the oversuspicious death of a priest. It's winter 1984, Private Investigator Nick Nowak has allowed his life to fall to pieces:... Continue Reading →
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