State Counsellor Erast Petrovich Fandorin is called to action again! Terrorists have conducted a daring murder using his identity as a disguise, and both professional duty and personal pride demand that he find them and bring them to justice. But as he goes deeper into the world of revolutionaries, collaborators, and double agents, he finds […]
Read more "“The State Counsellor” by Boris Akunin"“Was it really worth it? Elena thought as they prepared her for the sacrifice. Was any of this really worth it at the end of the day? Sure, pursuing a PhD. had given her a chance to think deeply about issues that she cared about…But was it really worth it for her? At a certain […]
Read more "“Adjunct” by Geoff Cebula"Recently widowed, Deborah signs up for a garden share scheme so that someone will take care of her late husband’s garden. The person assigned to share her garden is Luca, a stunningly handsome young man with a criminal past. Although seeming to have nothing in common, Deborah and Luca develop an understanding and are able […]
Read more "“The Former Chief Executive” by Kate Vane"Yes indeedy! B2BCyCon is here and there’s loads and loads to do! Here’s the main page: http://b2bcycon.com/view-all-events/ You can also check out all the books at the book expo, visit with the authors at the author showcase, check out blogs at the blog hop, go on a genre tour (the fantasy one will take you back to me!), pick up free books […]
Read more "B2BCyCon is Here!"Starburst (Women of the Grey) (Volume 1) Operating somewhere on the border between horror, suspense, and sci-fi, “Starburst: Women of the Grey” is deceptively simple and yet creepily riveting. The narrative alternates between Lisa, Craig, Maggie, Rafael, and Iggy. We gradually learn that Lisa belongs to a non-human (but humanoid in appearance) all-female group called […]
Read more "“Starburst: Women of the Grey” by Carol James Marshall"The Cutaway: A Thriller Today’s the release day, so I’m rerunning this review! “The Cutaway” is a fast-paced and exciting story set in the glitz, glamor, and danger of DC. Containing elements of a police procedural, it changes the focus by narrating the action from the point of view of a television reporter covering the […]
Read more "“The Cutaway” by Christina Kovac"The Fall of Lisa Bellow: A Novel One day 13-year-old Meredith runs into her arch-rival at the deli–only instead of cutting each other dead, both girls find themselves lying next to each other on the floor as the deli is robbed at gunpoint. What follows is Meredith’s attempts to make sense of what happened, and […]
Read more "“The Fall of Lisa Bellow” by Susan Perabo"Of Our Own Device Cold Warriors rejoice! A major fix for your addiction has arrived! Okay, I’m being tongue in cheek, but “Of Our Own Device” has pretty much everything readers longing for a hit of classic Cold War spy fiction could want. Plus a bunch more. It’s a big, sprawling book covering the Gorbachev […]
Read more "“Of Our Own Device” by M.K. South"A compelling mystery full of twists and turns, with a troubled heroine who finds she’s much more tightly entwined in the case she’s investigating than she ever suspected. A former police detective who’s lost her badge, her home, and her self-respect over her gambling problem, Nicole finds herself pulled out of the women’s shelter and […]
Read more "“The Sound of Rain” by Gregg Olsen"Just a reminder that today is the last day to grab my new release, “Unplanned Parenthood,” for free. I wrote it five years ago, inspired by the threatened government shutdown over (de)funding Planned Parenthood. Then I thought a dystopian story about women in a failing surveillance state determined to take away their reproductive (and other) […]
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E. P. Clark: Author, Book Reviewer, and All-Around Literary Handiwoman 