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Rain Dogs A Detective Sean Duffy Novel Adrian McKinty Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle, audible Now that I have suckered you into this review with a question, I’m going to give you something of a cop-out answer: Rain Dogs is the best Sean Duffy detective story I have read…since the last Sean Duffy detective … Continue reading “Rain Dogs” – Adrian McKinty’s best Sean Duffy murder mystery? #bookreview
Wrath of the Furies A Novel of the Ancient World Steven Saylor Minotaur Books – hardback, Kindle As a young student, I deliberately avoided the ancient world—all of those armless and headless statues, magnificent carved-stone structures collapsed into rubble, “wonders of the world,” and gods and goddesses who allegedly had both magical powers and … Continue reading WRATH OF THE FURIES: Roman detective Gordianus the Finder tries to go undercover amid angry Greeks bearing arms – #bookreview
Little Pretty Things Lori Rader-Day (Seventh Street – paperback, Kindle) Lori Rader-Day already has proven she can write a good mystery. Her debut book, The Black Hour, won the 2015 Lovey Award for best first novel. In Little Pretty Things, her forthcoming second novel, the Chicago writer gives us a most unusual investigator: a … Continue reading ‘Little Pretty Things’: An engrossing new mystery from Lori Rader-Day – #bookreview
Gun Street Girl A Detective Sean Duffy Novel Adrian McKinty Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle At first glance, “Gun Street Girl” seems like the title for a cheap, unpromising paperback potboiler. But the good news is, it’s actually Adrian McKinty’s latest Detective Sean Duffy mystery. Readers literally begged McKinty to keep Duffy alive after … Continue reading GUN STREET GIRL: Detective Sean Duffy is back in action, by popular demand! – #mystery #fiction #bookreview
The Blue Journal A Detective Anthony Walker Novel L.T. Graham Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle Anthony Walker had been a good street cop in New York City. But the dangers and grim realities he encountered every day eventually made him fear for the safety of his family. So he took a job as … Continue reading THE BLUE JOURNAL: A dark, sexy detective novel set in affluent and murderous suburbia – #mystery #bookreview
Black Karma A White Ginger Novel Thatcher Robinson (Seventh Street – paperback, Kindle) Life definitely is not easy for Bai Jiang, San Francisco’s best-known people-finder (souxun). As a beautiful, and single, female investigator, Bai gets hit on a lot, even by her ex-husband. People also try to hit her, shoot her, or otherwise … Continue reading BLACK KARMA: A White Ginger Novel – Mystery and action in San Francisco’s Chinatown – #bookreview
Deadly Ruse E. Michael Helms (Seventh Street – paperback, Kindle) Fans of E. Michael Helms’s debut “Mac McClellan Mystery” novel, Deadly Catch, will be pleased with this fine new addition to the series. In Deadly Ruse, Mac’s girlfriend, Kate Bell, thinks she has seen a ghost–specifically, a previous boyfriend who supposedly was … Continue reading DEADLY RUSE – In this 2nd Mac McClellan Mystery, Mac investigates a weird case while becoming a Florida P.I. – #bookreview
The Sun is God Adrian McKinty Seventh Street Books – Kindle, paperback Take a weird but true exotic setting. Throw in some real people and real murders. Add to the mix a fictional investigator: Will Prior, an ex-military police lieutenant who deliberately got himself cashiered from the British army during the Boer War following … Continue reading The Sun is God – Adrian McKinty takes readers well off the beaten path with this new historical mystery – #bookreview
The Button Man A Hugo Marston Prequel Mark Pryor (Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle) Fans of Mark Pryor’s investigator Hugo Marston will be delighted with this well-written and fast-paced new prequel to The Bookseller, the novel that started the Marston series. Likewise, The Button Man is an excellent place to start reading … Continue reading The Button Man – A fast-paced chase to find and stop an obsessed serial killer – #fiction #bookreview
No Stone Unturned An Ellie Stone Mystery James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle) *** Styx & Stone An Ellie Stone Mystery James W. Ziskin (Seventh Street Books – paperback, Kindle) *** Looking for a new mystery series and investigator to follow? Check out these two engrossing, entertaining novels from James W. Ziskin … Continue reading No Stone Unturned and Styx & Stone – An entertaining, engrossing mystery series – #bookreview