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Review of Dear Emily (Paperback)

March 8th, 2010 No comments
Dear Emily

This was my first Fern Michaels book and, if they’re this good, it won’t be my last.A great novel about a woman who lets a man become so much the center of her universe that it takes his leaving her for her to really understand the insanity of her blindness.I know this story too well [...]

Review of A Catered Halloween

February 2nd, 2010 No comments
A Catered Halloween (Mystery with Recipes)

Amethyst Applegate receives a blackmail letter from deceased Bessie Osgood, who died years ago when they attended school together.Unshaken Amethyst plans to take care of the blackmailer as she took care of Bessie.
The Simmons sisters, Libby and Bernie, owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, are ecstatic to cater the Halloween festivities at the Peabody [...]

Review of Who Killed the Queen of Clubs?

January 6th, 2010 No comments
Who Killed the Queen of Clubs? (Thoroughly Southern Mysteries, No. 7)

Edith Burkett struggles with grief as her spouse the town pharmacist committed suicide and her father suffered a debilitating stroke that has forced his placement in a nursing home.Making matters even more difficult for the shell shocked Edie is that her husband squandered their money on drugs for personal use as he was an addict.Edie [...]

Review of Set in Darkness

December 10th, 2009 No comments
Set in Darkness: An Inspector Rebus Novel (Inspector Rebus Novels)

I’ve only read a few of Ian Rankin’s Rebus mysteries, and this latest installment in the series is the best Inspector Rebus mystery novel that I’ve read so far. This is a satisying read on so many levels — the plot is quite convoluted but not in a meandering way so that you loose all [...]

Review of The Killing

December 9th, 2009 No comments
The Killing (Cherub)

THE KILLINGBy Robert Muchamore
James is a 13 year old spy, whose life is far from normal. It consists of tough training, and missions. He also gets a room full of objects a 13 year old would use. But just when he thinks he’s on top of the world it all comes crashing down on him [...]