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Book Review: Silent City
Media Type: Ebook Title: Silent City Author: Alex Segura Publisher: Codorus Press Pages: Paperback; 160 Release Date: October 29, 2013 Source: Publisher ——————————————————– Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who don’t mind slow moving thrillers, and tough to love main characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Pete Fernandez is a mess. He’s on the brink of being fired from his middle-management newspaper job. His fiancée has up and left him. Now, after the sudden death of his father, he’s back in his hometown of Miami, slowly drinking himself into oblivion. But when…
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Book Review: Time Spell
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Time Spell Author: T.A. Chase Pages: Paperback; 242 Publisher: Bookbaby Release Date: August 27, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery blended with paranormal aspects Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N Ivy Grace is learning that magic–and love–are all about the right timing. Follow the adventures of this spirited young Southern woman as she embarks upon a successful new career writing novels and movies that explore romantic mysteries of the past. Ivy, a witch who spends…
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The One About Kissing: A Guest Post by Romily Bernard
Yesterday I posted a review of Romily Bernard’s Find Me, and gushed about how awesome it was! Today I’m lucky enough to have the author herself on the blog! You know what I love about books? Good romance. You know what I love about romance? Kissing. So without further ado, here’s a guest post from Romily….all about kissing. *** The One About Kissing Is there anything better than a kiss scene? It’s so much more satisfying than a fight scene or a chase scene although it can leave you just as pumped. I do wish they weren’t so…
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Book Review: Find Me
Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Find Me Author: Romily Bernard Publisher: Harper Teen Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: September 24, 2013 Source: Publisher / Blog Tour ————————————————- Content Screening: Mild Violence HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy chilling mysteries wrapped up in real life events. Add it on: Goodreads / BD / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes “Find Me.” These are the words written on Tessa Waye’s diary. The diary that ends up with Wick Tate. But Tessa’s just been found . . . dead. Wick has the right computer-hacking skills for the job,…
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Book Review: Confessions of a Murder Suspect (Confessions #1)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Confessions of a Murder Suspect *Series: Confessions #1 Author: James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: Paperback; 372 Release Date: September 24, 2012 Source: Publisher ————————————————— Content Screening: Violence; Mild Adult Language HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy mystery stories, especially as written in James Patterson’s signature style. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N / BookLikes James Patterson returns to the genre that made him famous with a thrilling teen detective series about the mysterious and magnificently wealthy Angel family…
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Book Review: The Silent Deal
Media Type: Ebook Title: The Silent Deal *Series: The Card Game #1 Author: Levi Stack Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 358 Release Date: May 2, 2013 Source: Author —————————————————— Content Screening: Nothing of note. HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy bold, vivid male characters and rollicking action. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Viktor and Romulus, two peasant boys, dig too deep into their town’s strange past, they awaken the wrath of a mysterious overlord. As the blood brothers struggle to survive, their search for answers takes them through gambling…
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Book Review: Noah’s Rainy Day (Liv Bergen Mysteries #4)
Media Type: Print Book Title: Noah’s Rainy Day *Series: Liv Bergen Mysteries #4 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Press Pages: Paperback; 392 Release Date: September 3, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————————- Genre: Mystery/Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have been following along with this series, or those who love a great mystery! Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N From birth, Noah Hogarty has lived with severe cerebral palsy. He is nearly blind, unable to speak, and cannot run, walk, or crawl. Yet his mind works just as well…
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Book Review: Craven Place
Media Type: Ebook Title: Craven Place Author: Richard Wright Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 240 Release Date: June 22, 2013 Source: Author ———————————————- Genre: Horror / Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with plenty of twists and turns to keep them guessing. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N The author. The psychic. The vagrant. The hack. An invitation to a crumbling cottage in the lonely wilds. The legend of the witch who haunts it still. A disappearance from a locked room and the rising, ancient power that may be…
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Mystery Girl Giveaway
You may have seen my earlier review of Mystery Girl. This book was so different from what I’ve read before, but I liked it! Slightly noir, slightly mystery and all awesome. You can check out the review here. When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic Solar Lonsky, a private eye who might be an eccentric and morbid genius or just a morbidly obese madman. It’s a simple tail job,…
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Book Review: Mystery Girl
Media Type: Ebook Title: Mystery Girl Author: David Gordon Publisher: New Harvest Pages: Hardcover; 320 Release Date: July 16, 2013 Source: Publisher ———————————————- Genre: Mystery / Noir HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy books with a noir flair, and don’t mind a bit of flowery language. Add it on: Goodreads / Shelfari / Amazon / B&N When Sam Kornberg’s wife, Lala, walks out on him, he’s an unemployed used-book store clerk and failed experimental novelist with a broken heart. Desperate to win her back, he takes a job as assistant detective to the enigmatic…