Mystery

  • Body of Intuition

    To say that Daniels’ first in a new mystery series starring an alternative healer was a bit of a disappointment is more then an understatement. Not only are the characters rather silly and the plotting reliant on more then one coincidence, Daniels is an author who I greatly enjoyed under another name. As Jacqueline Girdner,…

  • Visions of Sugar Plums

    Romance authors have been writing short stories and novels with a Christmas theme for years, and lately mainstream authors have jumped on the bandwagon. Mary Higgins Clark has written a slim Christmas book for several years now. Last year, Jan Karon published The Mitford Snowmen and John Grisham released the wildly popular Skipping Christmas. This…

  • West of Bliss

    Fans of Suzann Ledbetter’s Valhalla Springs series will no doubt be looking forward to her new offering, West of Bliss. While I found the premise and the characters cute, they were a little too cute at times. The story moves along fairly snappily but I was left feeling unfulfilled. When reviewer Ellen Micheletti reviewed East…

  • Maggie Needs An Alibi

    Take some Chick Lit, add a touch of fantasy, throw in a mystery, a bit of satire and a tiny hint of romance. You have Maggie Needs An Alibi, a very funny book that looks like the beginning of a series. It’s one I plan to follow. Maggie Kelly was the author of mid-list romances….

  • Catch as Cat Can

    I love cats. Okay, actually, I love animals in general, but I especially love my cat. Having never tried a mystery that was “co-authored by a cat” I decided to give Catch as Cat Can a try. The result was that while the mystery was merely okay, the style of the prose was a little…

  • Chasing Darkness

    Reading this book so soon after reading the latest J.D. Robb was a bit of a revelation. I still stand by the B grade I gave to that one and the one I’m giving this one, but have to say that Chasing Darkness is worthy of a comparison that in some respects puts Danielle Girard…

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