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The Skull Mantra and Water Touching Stone

I read mysteries for sheer enjoyment and don’t normally write about them because there are some wonderful blogs out there that cover this genre, but I have to make an exception for this two books from...

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Buffalo Jump by Howard Shrier

Buffalo Jump by Howard Shrier Vintage Canada, Toronto, 2008 I own this one, well actually Mr G owns this one, but it was definitely on my TBR list. I forget where I first heard about this one, maybe it...

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin William Morrow, New York, 2010 I borrowed this one from the library.  This is the second book to knock me off the TBR Dare,  it was worth it. This is a...

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Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Awikwei Parkes

Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Awikwei Parkes Vintage, London, 2010 I own this book and want to thank Stu of Winstonsdad’s Blog for introducing me to it and to Nii Ayikwei Parkes. This mystery takes...

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The Dark Side….

I’ve been reading a bit on the dark side lately.  One book was a true crime book, one a mystery by a favorite French author and the last is being called a “breakthrough” novel by an American author...

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The Calling and The Taken by Inger Ash Wolfe

The Calling by Inger Ash Wolfe Harcourt, New York, 2008 Borrowed from my local library. A well-written mystery/thriller whose main character is a sixty-one year old female Detective Inspector who...

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The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke Harper Collins, New York, 2012 Sent to me by the publisher.   It is not often that I accept books for review as I am always afraid they will get shifted to the bottom...

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The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli

The Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli Bantam Books, New York, 2012 Borrowed from my local library.  A book from my RIP VII reading pool.  I am really glad to have discovered this author. Wow, talk...

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High Chicago by Howard Schrier

High Chicago by Howard Shrier Vintage Canada, Toronto, ON 2009 From my mystery book shelf. Last year I read the first book in this series and enjoyed it, High Chicago is even better. Investigator Jonah...

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The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes Mulholland Books, New York 2013 Borrowed from my library. First I read Zoo City.  Then I read Moxyland.  I have been waiting for this one to come out since I first...

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