Death of a chimney sweep : [a Hamish Macbeth mystery]

From Andrea Kalinowski author: Beaton, M.C. Death of a chimney sweep : [a Hamish Macbeth mystery]  The latest in the Hamish Macbeth mysteries by M.C. Beaton just appeared on the library shelves and what an entertaining read it was. Hamish is back with his seemingly lazy persona and smart, incisive brain. He is not ambitious [...]

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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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Temperatures Rising

From Jody Bassuk author: Kelley, Karen Temperatures Rising Jessica wants to break family tradition and not be a police officer–or date a police officer!  Conor is the new police officer in town and it was a  lot of fun reading about how Conor and Jessica end up posing as a married couple to get the [...]

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Think of a Number

From Lynne Demestichas author: Verdon   John Think of a Number Scary, gruesome,and intriguing? John Verdon has given us all this and more,in his new and first book.Written like those authors whose books  keep coming out year after year,there is a great plot to this story and Verdon is a natural spine-tingler.The evidence of a few [...]

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The One From The Other, A Quiet Flame, If The Dead Rise Not

From Lynne Demestichas author: Kerr , Philip The One From The Other, A Quiet Flame, If The Dead Rise Not I always found books about Pre-War Germany to be less than fascinating and to be fraught with drama. My dad recommended a few books to me by Philip Kerr,calling him a beautiful writer, a real [...]

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The Black Hand

from Rosemarie Jerome author: Will Thomas The Black Hand This is the fifth book in the Barker & Llewelyn series which includes:  Some Danger Involved, To Kingdom Come, The Limehouse Text, and The Hellfire Conspiracy.  Set in Victorian London, the series contains all the elements for an enjoyable read; it has action, romance, humor, intrigue [...]

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Golden Reads reviews

From Lynne Demestichas: Joop   A Novel of Anne Frank, by Richard Lourie An interesting spin on the Anne Frank story.Who turned the family over to the Nazi’s? This book takes it’s reader to Holland, during the war and is gripping when descibing the traumatic lives of a family trying to make ends meet, did they [...]

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