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August 12, 2026

Review: Red Queen : A Novel (Antonia Scott #1) by Juan Gomez-Jurado

SiriusA Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscrime / female detectives / mystery/thriller / Spain6 Comments

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Antonia Scott—the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother—has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she’s refused to continue her work or even leave her apartment. Jon Gutierrez, a police officer in Bilbao—disgraced, suspended, ... more >

May 9, 2024

REVIEW: The Echo by Melinda Di Lorenzo

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsLGBTQIA characters / murder / murder mystery / mystery/thriller / Serial-Killer / thriller/suspenceComments Off on REVIEW: The Echo by Melinda Di Lorenzo

Déjà vu can be deadly… A year ago, Rose Mcgovern’s sister was found dead at the bottom of a bridge. A tragic accident. That’s what the police called it. What they still call it. What everyone except Rose believes to be true. But she won’t change her mind. No matter ... more >

June 1, 2022

REVIEW: Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsAsian / Asian Americans / being true to oneself / brothers / Chinese-American MCs / culture / Fantasy / fox / frenemies / immigrant fiction / Magic / middle grade / mystery/thriller / POC / POC author / racism / self discovery / Urban-FantasyComments Off on REVIEW: Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit by Jesse Q Sutanto

After inheriting a grieving fox spirit, a Chinese American boy must learn to embrace his heritage to solve the mystery of his brother’s death in Jesse Q Sutanto’s magical, action-packed middle grade fantasy, Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit. Theo Tan doesn’t want a spirit companion. He just wants to ... more >

March 15, 2022

REVIEW: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1970s / Alternate POV / Contemporary / dual-timeline / dysfunctional family / First-Person / murder / mystery / mystery/thriller / Paranormal6 Comments

A true crime blogger gets more than she bargained for while interviewing the woman acquitted of two cold case slayings in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Sun Down Motel. In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady Killer Murders: Two ... more >

October 2, 2021

REVIEW: Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1970s / body image / Cold War / cynicism / disappearance / disillusionment / government suppression / idealism / legal secretary / Mexico / mystery/thriller / noir / operative / POC / POC author / protest / surveillance3 Comments

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Dear Silvia Moreno-Garcia, I’ve had mixed success with your books. I loved Gods of Jade and Shadow, your young adult fantasy, liked your sort-of-domestic-noir thriller, Untamed Shore, and didn’t care a bit for Mexican Gothic, the horror novel you came out with last year (I was an outlier; it was ... more >

May 11, 2020

REVIEW: The Yeggman’s Apprentice by CK Crigger

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerican historical / criminal / Montana / mystery/thriller / road trip / turn of the 20th century / westernComments Off on REVIEW: The Yeggman’s Apprentice by CK Crigger

IT’S 1905 IN BUTTE, MONTANA AND SPARKS ARE FLYING A fearless safecracking heroine and a hero who’s a wanted man team up to stop a law firm full of embezzlers. But there’s a problem…a hired killer will chase them all the way across Montana to shut them up. The goal ... more >

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