Tag Archives: mystery

Coming Soon – The January 2011 edition

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Jessica

The Diviner’s Tale Bradford Morrow Supernatural/Mystery January 20, 2011 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN: 978-0547382630 320 pages The blurb, from goodreads: Walking a lonely forested valley on a spring morning in upstate New York, having been hired by a developer to … Continue reading →

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Review: Dead in the Family, by Charlaine Harris

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Jessica

Compared to From Dead to Worse and Dead and Gone, the events in Dead in the Family are almost anti-climatic. The scale of “oh, shit!” is much smaller here, much closer to what we saw in the first few stories. Continue reading →

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Review: Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Jessica

Sookie’s faith in others, her naivite, and that dogged determination to the right thing, are alternately endearing and frustrating to me. I’m jaded enough to have facepalm moments when I read Sookie’s responses to the obvious manipulations of the vampires. Continue reading →

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Review: Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Jessica

On the whole, Dead Until Dark is a fun read. Having the story filter through Sookie’s perception means that we get just enough detail, but nothing over the top Continue reading →

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Review: Triskellion, by Will Peterson

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Jessica

It is pretty clear from the get go, to both the reader and the twins, that something is going on in Triskellion. There are secrets upon secrets, and no one is telling them anything. Continue reading →

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