A Crafter Quilts a Crime: A Handcrafted Mystery by Holly Quinn Author Guest Post See this handsome dog in the photo? He reminds me of the Golden that inspired Bara, Sammy’s best furry friend in the Handcrafted Mystery series. Can’t you just picture him sitting in her store, Community Craft,Continue Reading
Can serial killers be identified while still children? A new Korean thriller, The Only Child, attempts to answer that question by merging a family drama with a jailed serial killer’s tale. Beginning with a police procedural investigating a series of arsons, the book then tells the first-person tale of aContinue Reading
I think I’m missing something here. Despite thinking the Mensa test was easy, I just don’t understand the stories within Something that may Shock and Discredit You. That may mean I am discredited, when I wanted to be shocked. I feel that there is probably a brilliantly funny undertow runningContinue Reading
About Don’t Look Down Don’t Look Down (Shadows of New York) Psychological Thriller 2nd in Series Publisher: Thomas & Mercer (February 11, 2020) From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of One Small Sacrifice, a gripping mystery about a sinister murder that everyone wants to stay buried—except one dogged NYPD detective.Continue Reading
Even poor children in India like watching television detectives. Nine-year-old Jai and his best friend Pari have their first case. Their classmate, Bahadur, turns up missing from their neighborhood. And he isn’t the only missing child. They investigate in the slums of India as the Djinn Patrol on the PurpleContinue Reading
“There will always be more unknown than known, more rocks waiting to be overturned.” To be a part-time scientist, you only need a cell phone and the Field Guide to Citizen Science. SciStarter.org is an online database of more than 1,600 science projects that need help from regular people justContinue Reading
Victorians are enchanted by Things in Jars. As you will be, after reading this spellbinding mystery. Mrs. Bridie Devine, widow and consulting detective in Victorian London, has a personal problem. She can see dead people. Well, at least one, recently dead boxer Ruby Doyle. Bridie also has a case. SirContinue Reading
About the Book Hellion Shannon McKenna (The Hellbound Brotherhood, #1) Publication date: February 7th 2020 Genres: Adult, Romance, Thriller Find out why New York Times bestseller Maya Banks hails McKenna’s books as “A nonstop thrill ride…” He’s a ticking bomb… Eric Trask is counting the days before he blasts outContinue Reading
The Museum of Desire is the 35th entry in the Alex Delaware series. It is an excellent thriller that is highly recommended! It’s just after 6 a.m. on a Sunday, when ex-con Eno is walking up a long driveway to a mansion above Benedict Canyon. Eno cleans houses for aContinue Reading
Describing himself as “writing a book about the disappearing towns in the Central West region of New South Wales”, the unnamed narrator of The Town states he “was probably not a writer”. This is definitely an unusual way to open a book. Despite not being a writer, the narrator keepsContinue Reading
About the Book Ten Seconds to Dead L.A. Clayton Publication date: January 20th 2020 Genres: Adult, Thriller Ten seconds may be all she has left … Kate Edison witnesses her father’s death and, in order to keep his memory alive, decides to follow in his footsteps by joining the CIA.Continue Reading
In Parham Itan: Tales from Beyond Volume 1, high school student boxer Yamagishi and smart nerd Sendo literally run into each other on the way back to their dorm. While walking together, they encounter a half-human half-man-eating-flower monster. But the next day, everything seems normal. “What if nobody’s seen themContinue Reading
If the corpse had ever heard the phrase, One Day You’ll Burn, little did he know that today was that day. It was also the day his leg was partially eaten by a one-eyed coyote. It wasn’t the coyote’s fault. He did smell like carnitas. It happened at the footContinue Reading
If you’ve lost someone beloved, The Other People want to help… Gabe sees his daughter, Izzy, in the back window of a car ahead of him on the freeway one night. He assumes that he is mistaken until she mouths the word “Daddy”. He gives chase but loses the carContinue Reading
Con men, Nick and Clay, plan to sell fake silver to Clay’s rich ex-boyfriend in Venice, Italy in what they hope will be A Beautiful Crime. This book is a slow languid dive into the atmospheric streets and palazzos of Venice. In fact, Venice was so much a part ofContinue Reading
George is a runaway foster child, who is also a brilliant hacker and coder. Pandora has a hyperexpressive face (think Jim Carrey) and also excels at coding. Together, they are recruited by a large Silicon Valley firm to create a virtual friend for suicidal teens—with AI. What could possibly goContinue Reading