Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Bone to Pick Author: TA Moore Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 240 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: TA Moore brings readers a solid, well written, suspenseful mystery in Bone to Pick. The plot is multi-layered and peppered with suspicious characters who had me fooled almost to the very end. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Cloister... Continue Reading →
Title: Barrel Proof (Agents Irish and Whiskey: Book Three) Author: Layla Reyne Publisher: Carina Press Length: 189 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Be sure to take a couple deep breaths before you start Barrel Proof. The action is nonstop and there’s a double-punch ending that will leave you on the edge of your... Continue Reading →
Title: Shadow of the Templar: Double Down Author: M. Chandler Publisher: Self-Published Length: 344 Pages Category: Mystery/Thriller At a Glance: If you have a hankering for a fast-paced mystery/suspense/action/thriller/crime caper with some laugh-out-loud moments thrown in, M. Chandler has tossed us the perfect word salad. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: "Hypothetically, I was wondering how you'd... Continue Reading →
Title: Cask Strength (Agents Irish and Whiskey: Book Two) Author: Layla Reyne Publisher: Carina Press Length: 205 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: As usual, Layla Reyne doesn't disappoint. This story is packed with action, danger, suspense and secrets, and there are myriad suspicious characters twisted up in the crime at hand. Reviewed By:... Continue Reading →
Many thanks to author Amy Lane for dropping by on the virtual tour for book two in the Fish Out of Water series, Red Fish, Dead Fish. Welcome, Amy! Terribly Terrific Tere Okay folks—so, I’m here today to promote Red Fish, Dead Fish, my latest story in the Fish Out of Water series. Now, usually in a... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to welcome author Layla Reyne to TNA today on the tour to celebrate the release of the third and final book in her Agents Irish and Whiskey series, Barrel Proof. We've got an exclusive excerpt to share with you, and there's a big Swag Pack Giveaway, so be sure to check out... Continue Reading →
We're so pleased to have author Patricia Logan joining us today on the tour for her newly released Thunder and Lightning, book six in the Death and Destruction series. She's here to chat about this gorgeous cover, and there's also a giveaway, so be sure to check out the Rafflecopter widget at the end for... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Fish, Dead Fish (Fish Out of Water: Book Two) Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 330 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: I hope Amy Lane has more plans for the Fish Out of Water series; I’m hooked! Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: They must work together to stop a psychopath—and save each... Continue Reading →
Title: Comes a Horseman (Echoes Rising: Book Three) Author: Anne Barwell Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 230 Pages Category: Historical, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Anne Barwell delivers such an emotional and intense ending to her Echoes Rising series. This WWII historical drama has danger, chaos, betrayal, bigotry, revenge, and suspenseful moments that will keep you on... Continue Reading →
Title: Shadow of the Templar: The Morning Star Author: M. Chandler Publisher: Self-Published Length: 138 Pages Category: Suspense/Thriller, Crime Caper At a Glance: Fun and fast and furious, the writing crisp, the dialogue perfect, and the end exactly as cliffhanger-y as it’s supposed to be to keep me on the hook for book two. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Title: Pent Up Author: Damon Suede Narrator: Christopher Kipiniak Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 12 hours and 46 minutes Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: The narration here takes Suede’s words and makes them come to life. The story is fully acted, and you can really get a feel for the emotions and motivations of the... Continue Reading →
Dreamspinner Press will be publishing Tramps and Thieves on September 18th, and I hope you will welcome Rook and Dante back into your lives! And….whooo hoooo! MURDER! I so do like a good murder. More importantly, I like to murder in Los Angeles and I am very happy to say, I get to do just... Continue Reading →
Title: The City of Rocks (A BJ Vinson Mystery) Author: Don Travis Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 280 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Another five-star work in the BJ Vinson Mystery series! Reviewed By: Ben Blurb: Confidential Investigator B.J. Vinson thinks it’s a bad joke when Del asks him to look into the theft of... Continue Reading →
Title: Back to You Author: Chris Scully Publisher: Riptide Publishing Length: 266 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense, Drama At a Glance: Back to You is well written, and the mystery kept me guessing until the very end! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Journalist Alex Buchanan has come home to the remote British Columbia town he grew up... Continue Reading →
Title: All In (A Wild Cards Novel) Author: Ava Drake Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Length: 228 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Ava Drake brings action, suspense and danger along with the wild car chases in the third installment of the Wild Cards series in the Dreamspun Desires collection, and I hope she has... Continue Reading →
Title: Fear and Loving in Las Vegas (2nd Edition) Author: J.P. Bowie Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 99 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense, Crime Fiction At a Glance: Fear and Loving in Las Vegas fell way too short of the mark for me. I just needed a bit more realism for this story to make any sense. Reviewed... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the exclusive cover reveal of Reckless Behavior, book three in the Bad Behavior series by authors L.A. Witt and Cari Z.! Authors: L.A. Witt || Cari Z Page count: ~264 Type: Part of a Series Cover by: G.D. Leigh This title is #3 of the Bad Behavior series. Blurb: After too many years of putting his job first,... Continue Reading →
Title: Better Than Suicide (The Yakuza Path: Book Two) Author: Amy Tasukada Publisher: Macarons & Tea Publishing Length: 405 Pages Category: Contemporary, Crime Fiction, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: The Yakuza Path series is just amazing, with Japan and the Japanese culture and the different celebrations. It’s a great mystery with complex twists and turns, and... Continue Reading →
Title: Model Investigator (Haven Investigations: Book Three) Author: Lissa Kasey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 250 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Model Investigator is a really great installment in the Haven Investigation series, and I’m so looking forward to the next installment. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: With his lover, Kade, missing, androgynous former model... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the Exclusive Cover Reveal of Cordelia Kingsbridge's upcoming new release from Riptide Publishing, Trick Roller, book two in the Seven of Spades series! About the Book Author: Cordelia Kingsbridge Release Date: Jan 29, 2018 Page Count: ~295 Type: Part of a Series Cover by: G.D. Leigh This title is #2 of the Seven of Spades series. Blurb: It’s the... Continue Reading →
Title: Extrasensual Perception Author: Rayna Vause Narrator: John Solo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Run Time: 5 hours and 45 minutes Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: This narration is wonderful and rich. It is a great addition to the Dreamspun Desires series, and could get a series of its own with a reluctant psychic and skeptical... Continue Reading →
Title: Jaeger (Order of the Black Knights: Book Four) Author: Evelise Archer Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Urban Fantasy, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: For me, this story had a few flaws that prevented me from truly enjoying it. Overall, I’d give this a mid-rating. Entertaining and clever, but it didn’t knock my socks... Continue Reading →
Title: The Hitchhiker Murders Author: Edward Kendrick Publisher: JMS Books Length: 105 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Two solid and loving characters, a well written mystery, and a surprise little twist. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: When married private investigators Brent and Quinn Collins are hired to find Andrew, a young man who has... Continue Reading →
Title: Vice City (Vice City: Book One) Author: S.A. Stovall Publisher: DSP Publications Length: 234 Pages Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: A fantastic and intense read that deeply satisfied my love of gay fiction and noir. Buon appetito! Reviewed By: Ben Blurb: After twenty years as an enforcer for the Vice family mob, Nicholas Pierce... Continue Reading →
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