It has been five centuries since a well-placed arrow put an end to the reign of terror brought by Sargon the Destroyer. Time passed, and the wounds of the land healed while magic was forgotten. Now, Aldrick and his family enjoy a peaceful journey to the Tournament of the King. He could never have… Continue reading Book 38 of 2015: Key of Creation:Rise of the Destroyer by M.D. Bushnell and A.R. Voss
Eja and Demming are taking this mystery out for a spin! Munitions heir Dario Peters has a yen for competitive cycling and cash. When he suffers a fatal crash on a Cape Cod bike path, everyone calls it a tragic accident. But his doting grandma knows better. Persus Cantor begs amateur sleuths Eja Kane… Continue reading Book 9 of 2015: Man Trap by Arlene Kay
A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley,… Continue reading Book Sixty-Two of 2014: Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
A bank heist turns sleepy little Wagon Mound, New Mexico on its ear. It’s no straight-forward, demand all the money at gun-point, and run out the front door kind of robbery. It’s a sneaky tunneling that probably took months to complete and put the thieves in a room of safe deposit boxes—not the vault… Continue reading Book Fifty-Five of 2014: ROLLOVER by Susan Slater
For forty years the double murder of an elderly couple in the Hollywood Hills remained unsolved and all but forgotten. No one cared. But a stranger, bent on revenge, is out to change all that. Kit Griffin has finally overcome a painful childhood at the hands of her mother, former actress Alana Stevens. No longer… Continue reading Book Forty-Six of 2014: JUST EVIL by Vickie McKeehan
While anxiously awaiting confirmation on the renewal of her TV contract, Leila Hunter Standiford, opts for a sail on the boat she and her sister co -own in Mexico. But when she impetuously invites a family friend, and fugitive from justice, Gabe Alexander, as crew, she has no idea of the trouble that will follow.… Continue reading Book Forty-Five of 2014: HURRICANE HOLE by R.P. Dahlke
When famed psychic Perspicacious Peg predicts a murder will occur at England’s Belief and Beyond conference, her science-minded colleagues recruit twenty-six-year-old budding sleuth Emily Castles to attend the event as a “future crimes investigator.” The suspected victim: celebrated magician Edmund Zenon, who plans to perform a daring stunt at the conference—and is offering fifty… Continue reading Book Seven of 2014: BEYOND BELIEF by Helen Smith
We first see this book in the Doctor Who episode "Angels Take Manhatten". It is the book that the Doctor reads and the book that shows the last moments of the Pond companions. Though the actual book doesn't feature that episode, it is a great read. This is the story of the River Song when… Continue reading Book Thirteen of 2013: THE ANGEL’S KISS by Justin Richards
With Heartsick, Chelsea Cain took the crime world by storm, introducing two of the most compelling characters in decades: serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her obsessed pursuer Portland Detective Archie Sheridan. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnered rave reviews around the world. But the riveting story of Archie and Gretchen… Continue reading Book Six of 2013: SWEETHEART by Chelsea Cain
A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another… Continue reading Book Eight of 2012: HEAT WAVE by Richard Castle
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