Plain fear : forsaken

From Rosemarie Jerome Author:  Leanna Ellis Plain fear : forsaken  Vampires and the Amish, sounds bizarre and I was skeptical at first but the story slowly lured me in until I was hooked.  It begins with a young man running for his life and evolves into a young Amish woman haunted by her dead boyfriend and [...]

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Man overboard : inside the honeymoon cruise murder

From Jackie Cantwell Author:  Joan Lownds Man overboard : inside the honeymoon cruise murder  This is based on the 2005 still-unsolved murder of George Smith IV during his Mediterranean honeymoon cruise with his wife Jennifer Hagel  Smith. They were a Connecticut couple who had it all: good looks, money, lots of friends, and a seemingly [...]

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The bone garden : the Sacramento boardinghouse murders

From Jackie Cantwell author: Wood, William P  The bone garden : the Sacramento boardinghouse murders This is the true story of Dorothea Puente who was one of our country’s most prolific female serial killers. The author has first-hand knowledge of the crimes, as he was a deputy D.A. in Sacramento when she was tried for [...]

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The Ice Princess

From Eileen Effrat author: Lackberg, Camilla  The Ice Princess This is the first book translated into English of one of Sweden’s premier crime writers. This is a police procedural set in a small Swedish coastal town. The main character, Erica Falck, returns to her small town roots to find a former childhood friend dead in a [...]

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Eye of the Red Tsar

From Eileen Effrat author: Eastland, Samuel  Eye of the Red Tsar Inspector Pekkala,   the Emerald Eye, was Tsar Nicholas’ most trusted detective—-“a man who could not be corrupted into surrendering his sense of right and wrong.”  Now ten years later, Pekkala is imprisoned in the gulag of Siberia.  Circumstances are now going to change.  The [...]

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Expert in Murder

From Eileen Effrat author: Upson, Nicola Expert in Murder The year is 1934 and Josephine Tey, the famous Scottish mystery writer and playwright, is having a leisurely breakfast when she receives a visit from Inspector Archie Penrose, an old friend.  He is investigating   the murder of Elspeth Simmons, a young women Tey befriended the previous [...]

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Dangerous

From Jody Bassuk author: Palmer, Diana Dangerous The book was good but not great.  I’ve liked other books by this author more.  It was about a 911 operator and a cop and how they go undercover to catch the bad guys who murdered his little girl and wife.  Some slow sections but overall a good [...]

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What Remains of Heaven

From Rosemarie Jerome author: Harris, C.S. What Remains of Heaven Sebastian St. Cyr does not believe in coincidences. Two men have met their demise in an ancient crypt, but their murders occurred thirty years apart.   When he is asked to investigate the murder of the outspoken Bishop of London, who has many powerful enemies, he [...]

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