• Book Reviews

    Book Review: The Bone Tree by Greg Iles

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Bone Tree    *Series: Penn Cage #5 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow Books Pages: Hardcover; 804 Release Date: April 21, 2015 Source: Harper Collins Publishers and TLC Book Tours ——————————————————————— Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have previously joined Penn Cage on his journey to pin down the Double Eagles. Add it on:  HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles continues the electrifying story he began in his smashing New York Timesbestseller Natchez Burning with this…

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    Book Review: Natchez Burning (Penn Cage #4) by Greg Iles

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Natchez Burning    *Series: Penn Cage #4 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 816 Release Date: Reprint Edition; August 4, 2015 Source: TLC Book Tours / William Morrow Paperbacks ——————————————————- Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hard hitting, well fleshed out crime dramas with a hefty helping of historical background. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated novel yet—Natchez Burning—the first installment in an epic trilogy…

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    Book Review: Wake The Hollow by Gaby Triana

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Wake The Hollow Author: Gaby Triana Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: Paperback; 304 Release Date: August 2, 2016 Source: Publisher —————————————– Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love Sleepy Hollow lore, and adore a good mystery! Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Forget the ghosts, Mica. It’s real, live people you should fear. Tragedy has brought Micaela Burgos back to her hometown of Sleepy Hollow. It’s been six years since she chose to live with her father in Miami instead of her eccentric mother. And…

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    Book Review: The Killer In Me by Margot Harrison

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: The Killer In Me Author: Margot Harrison Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Pages: Hardcover; 368 Release Date: July 12, 2016 Source: FFBC Tours / Publisher ————————————————– Content Screening: Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good, tense read with vividly written characters. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Seventeen-year-old Nina Barrows knows all about the Thief. She’s intimately familiar with his hunting methods: how he stalks and kills at random, how he disposes of his victims’ bodies in an abandoned mine in the deepest, most desolate part of a…

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    Book Review: Tea Cups and Carnage by Lynn Cahoon

    Media Type: Ebook Title: Tea Cups and Carnage Series: A Tourist Trap Mystery #7 Author: Lynn Cahoon Publisher: Lyrical Underground Pages: 194 Release Date: June 7, 2016 Source: Netgalley ———————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes The kettle’s about to boil over . . . The quaint coastal town of South Cove, California, is all abuzz about the opening of a new specialty shop, Tea Hee. But as Coffee, Books, and More owner Jill Gardner is about to find out, there’s nothing cozy about murder . . .Shop owner Kathi Corbin says she came to South Cove…

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    Book Review and Giveaway: Cable Car Mystery by Greg Messel

    Media Type: Paperback Title: Cable Car Mystery Series: Sam Slater Mystery Book 6 Author: Greg Messell Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing Pages: 180 Release Date: June 14, 2016 Source: PUYB/Author ———————————————– Genre: Mystery/Romance HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good mystery set in 1950’s San Francisco. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes On the hottest day of the year in San Francisco in 1959, Private Detectives Sam and Amelia Slater are contemplating fleeing the city for their Stinson Beach house. However, when Sam decides to take a cable car ride to run some errands on the lazy summer day, he’s suddenly thrust into the spotlight when he…

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    Book Spotlight & Giveaway: Lazlo’s Revenge by Glen Hierlmeier

    Do you love stories about history and finding out about your past? Do you love a little romance with your war stories? Well then I have just the book for you! Lazlo’s Revenge follows Maxine “Max” Fischer, a writer and Swiss war correspondent, whose parents (Hank and Roberta Fischer, the main characters from Hierlmeier’s previous book, Honor and Innocence) lived through the tragedies of the Great World Wars. In Lazlo’s Revenge, Max sets out on an adventure throughout Europe to uncover her parents’ pasts and see the very places where they survived on their odyssey to escape danger and death.…

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    Book Review: Scarlet and Ivy: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Scarlet and Ivy: The Lost Twin    *Series: Scarlet and Ivy Author: Sophie Cleverly Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Pages: Hardcover; 304 Release Date: May 3, 2016 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: All readers, of every age! This mystery definitely transcends the group it’s written for. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Ivy, I pray that it’s you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you’re the new me… When shy Ivy’s troublemaking twin Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school,…

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    Book Spotlight + Giveaway: The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly

    I sincerely hope so, because it’s time for another book spotlight! This time, our spotlight shines on a book that not only has an adorable cover, but also looks like a ton of fun to read. You all know that I have a soft spot in my heart for Middle Grade reads, and The Lost Twin looks like my kind of book! Ivy, I pray that it’s you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you’re the new me… When shy Ivy’s troublemaking twin Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, Ivy is invited to “take her place.” But when…

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    Book Review: The Girl Who Stayed by Tanya Anne Crosby

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Girl Who Stayed Author: Tanya Anne Crosby Publisher: Story Plant Pages: Hardcover; 292 Release Date: April 19, 2016 Source: TLC Book Tours —————————————— Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy deep stories, with a lot of character introspection. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Zoe Rutherford wasn’t sure what she was expecting when she returned to Sullivan’s Island. The house on Sullivan’s hadn’t represented home to her in decades. It was the place where she endured her father’s cruelty. It was the place where her…