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Posts Tagged ‘murder-mystery’

REVIEW: Egyptian Nights and Egyptian Days by Jennifer Mueller

By Jayne • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Mueller,
One thing I know is that I’ll always get something new and different when I begin one of your stories. I realize I mention the unusual settings you utilize in almost every review but I appreciate it so darn much that it just has to be said. And this is one [...]



REVIEW: Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

By Jayne • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Raybourn,
I remember when historical mysteries first started to become really popular. Then after that it seems that every possible time period and social class of historical sleuth got turned into some author’s hero or heroine. And I got a little bored with the genre and annoyed at thinking about Queen Elizabeth, Jane [...]



REVIEW: The Mortician’s Daughter by Elizabeth Bloom

By Jayne • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: B Reviews Category, B+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms. Bloom,
had never heard your name before Jane sent me a copy of
“The Mortician’s Daughter.” And I didn’t realize that you also wrote a mystery series under the name of Beth Saulnier until I checked at the Big Internet Book Store for anything else you’d written. Now that I’ve read this book [...]



REVIEW: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin (aka Diana Norman)

By Jayne • Dec 14th, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A Reviews, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Franklin/Norman,
What can I say? I finished “Mistress of the Art of Death” late in the evening after reading non-stop for almost 200 pages. My heart was racing, I was glued to the book and if a fire had started somewhere in my house, I honestly don’t think I would have noticed until I [...]



REVIEW: What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris

By Jayne • Nov 20th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Mrs. Harris,
When I got my hands on the hardcover edition of the third book in this mystery series, it was another moment when I wished I’d already read the other books in the series. But since, and especially with a mystery series, I try to read sequels in order I knew I’d better haul [...]



REVIEW: Blood Ties (Tawes Island Book 2) by Judith E French

By Jayne • Oct 25th, 2007 • Category: C Reviews Category, C+ Reviews, Reviews

Dear Ms French,
Once again we’re back on the secluded Chesapeake island of Tawes where they have their own way of doing things. Island Justice, they call it. And once again the heroine is told from almost the beginning of the book that evil lurks on the island. Well, the locals sure aren’t kidding about [...]



REVIEW: The Birth of Blue Satan by Patricia Wynn

By Jayne • Sep 12th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Mrs Wynn,
After having written about traditional 10 regencies, you’ve now started a new historical series set in 1715 England in which the politics and society of the day play a prominent role. I’m going to steal a review
done at amazon.com:
“Pat Wynn is a proven master at the Regency mystery genre. Her newest novel [...]



REVIEW: City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

By Jayne • Jul 2nd, 2007 • Category: A Review Category, A- Reviews, Ebooks, Reviews

Dear Ms Franklin,
I’ve adored your books written as Diana Norman and rejoiced when Rosario broke the news that you also write under this name. When I knew you had this and another book already released, I was elated. As I read this book, I was euphoric. I wanted to race through it to enjoy [...]



REVIEW: Wrapt in Crystal by Sharon Shinn

By Jayne • Jun 19th, 2007 • Category: B Reviews, B Reviews Category, Reviews

Dear Ms Shinn,
I hadn’t known, or perhaps I’d just forgotten, that this book was a police procedural murder mystery. I did know that it involved priestesses so expected some religious element but I had not expected to be blown away by how wonderfully you would work that into the story. And while the book [...]