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May 1, 2023

REVIEW: Ukulele of Death by E. J. Copperman

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / First-Person / murder mystery / New York City / Paranormal / private investigators / Private-investigator / Science Fiction1 Comments

After losing their parents when they were just babies, private investigators Fran and Ken Stein now specialize in helping adoptees find their birth parents. So when a client asks them for help finding her father, with her only clue a rare ukulele, the case is a little weird, sure, but ... more >

December 31, 2021

Review: Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker#2) by Stephen Spotswood

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews1940s / LGBTQIA characters / mystery / private investigatorsComments Off on Review: Murder Under Her Skin (Pentecost and Parker#2) by Stephen Spotswood

Stephen Spotswood hard-boils with the best of ’em! –Alan Bradley, bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce mystery series Someone’s put a blade in the back of the Amazing Tattooed Woman, and Willowjean “Will” Parker’s former knife-throwing mentor has been stitched up for the crime. To uncover the truth, Will ... more >

August 18, 2021

Review : In the Best Families (Nero Wolfe, #17) by Rex Stout

SiriusA Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / mystery / private investigators13 Comments

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Aging millionairess Mrs. Rackham asks Nero Wolfe to find out where her penniless husband has suddenly been obtaining mysteriously large sums of money, a request that leads to murder and to threats against the master detective himself. Review: Warning : murder of the dog Dear readers, I am a big ... more >

May 21, 2021

Review : Fortune Favors the Dead (Pentecost and Parker #1) by Stephen Spotswood

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / noir mystery / private investigators4 Comments

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Introducing Pentecost and Parker, two unconventional female detectives who couldn’t care less about playing by the rules, in their cases and in their lives. It’s 1942 and Willowjean “Will” Parker is a scrappy circus runaway whose knife-throwing skills have just saved the life of New York’s best, and most unorthodox, ... more >

Attractive white couple, both with dark hair, she is wearing a long sparkly emerald halterneck/strappy evening gown with a plunging neckline and silver detailing under the bust and he is wearing a tux without the jacket and with the bowtie undone and shirt unbuttoned at the top. He is holind a gun pointing down and away and she is holding a sword, they are almost back to back but both facing front and there are swirling green and yellow sparkles behind them.
August 31, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Emerald Blaze by Ilona Andrews

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / Hidden Legacy / Houston / joint review / magical powers / monsters / private investigators / Romance / Texas / Urban-Fantasy21 Comments

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Sirius and I enjoy discussing the books in the Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews, and we did it again with Emerald Blaze, the most recent of the books. -Janine “As Prime magic users, Catalina Baylor and her sisters have extraordinary powers—powers their ruthless grandmother would love to control. Catalina ... more >

Hot Italian spy-looking guy wearing a black suit and holding a gun in a James Bond pose with a beautiful dark-haired woman in a strappy blue dress against a background of blue lightning.
August 29, 2019

JOINT REVIEW: Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsfamilies / Hidden Legacy / joint review / magical powers / private investigators / romantic-elements / Texas / UF / Urban-Fantasy35 Comments

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Janine: Wherein Sirius and I discuss the latest Hidden Legacy novel. Let’s jump right. In a world where magic is the key to power and wealth, Catalina Baylor is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, and the Head of her House. Catalina has always been afraid to use ... more >

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