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Review: Murder Over Kodiak by Robin Barefield ★★★★

Murder Over Kodiak by Robin Barefield Murder Over Kodiak, by Robin Barefield, is a clever Alaskan-set mystery that will keep readers guessing until the final pages.

Research biologist Jane Marcus has a bad feeling when the floatplane she’s waiting for is late. On the plane is her young research assistant. The weather is perfect and Jane is familiar with the charter company. While Jane hopes there’s a good reason for the delay she fears the worst.

And indeed the worst has happened. A bomb has exploded on the plane she’s waiting for, and there are little remains left of the pilot and five passengers. Why […]

2017-03-24T10:29:21+02:00June 17th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: Conversations and Adventures by Simone Diston ★★★★

Conversations and AdventuresConversations and Adventures by Simone Diston is a spirited and engaging collection of true-to-life stories about meeting different people in a city and starting conversations out of the blue. Everyone she meets on her travels is asking big questions about life, with obstacles in their lives to overcome. Together they reach new insights into big questions about the human condition, such as equality or identity, and smaller issues as well, such as dating.

The premise is a good one: it’s a bit like a road movie, only Diston’s protagonist stays in the same city and meets new people in her […]

2015-06-22T10:22:31+02:00June 15th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |
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Review: The SHIVA Syndrome by Alan Joshua ★★★★★

The SHIVA Syndrome by Alan JoshuaBeau Walker is a man of unusual interests. When he’s not teaching at his local college, he enjoys rowing, he takes part in meditation, and he sometimes reads the odd paper on morphic fields, biotelekinesis, and remote genetic reorganization, something he has yet to give up on from his glory days of private research and the Air Force Research Institute. He’s also – reluctantly – an empath, making things difficult when ethics clashes with a lucrative government-funded research position.

Left in a post-dismissal career meltdown following a moral concern, things could hardly be worse for Walker, until he is unceremoniously […]

2017-03-24T10:29:44+02:00June 9th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: High Road: Chasing the Yellow Jersey by David Chauner

★★★★½ High Road: Chasing the Yellow Jersey

High Road: Chasing the Yellow Jersey, by David Chauner, will make your heart race.

Kurt Dufour grew up in a world of wealth and privilege. Adulthood hits him hard when at the age of nineteen he’s accused of murder. Just when he thinks his reputation is permanently smeared by the accusation and trial, he receives a second chance. He joins Otto Warner’s American cycling team. Five years later he’s competing in the Tour de France against five-time champion, Jacques Poulain. Can Kurt overcome the obstacles and win?

Professional sports have a way of igniting passion in fans and […]

2017-03-24T10:30:18+02:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |
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Review: Jeff Madison and the Shimmers of Drakmere by Bernice Fischer ★★★★★

drakmereWhat if there existed a dark kingdom forged on a web of evil spells, with a conniving king plotting to infiltrate the dreams of children all over the world?

Bernice Fischer’s book Jeff Madison and the Shimmers of Drakmere will cast a spell over readers of all ages.

Jeff and Matt Madison think they are normal boys, but they aren’t. When Jeff’s younger brother is whisked away to the kingdom of Drakmere, Jeff knows he has to save Matt. Two cloaked strangers offer their help and tell Jeff and Jeff’s best friend Rhed to leave the rescuing to them. Jeff […]

2017-03-24T10:31:00+02:00June 8th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |
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Review: Glyphbinder by T. Eric Bakutis

★★★★½ glyphbinder

Glyphbinder, by T. Eric Bakutis, is a high-octane fantasy adventure novel.

At the age of thirteen Kara learned that her mother was dying. Five years later, Kara is close to compiling a cure for her mother. The final ingredient is in the city of Tarna.

Sounds simple, but Kara may not survive the journey to Tarna.

Kara, a Glyphbinder, is being hunted by a madman who unleashes evil creatures and people to abduct Kara and her companions. One by one, Kara loses someone she cares for. What does the madman want from her and why is he so […]

2017-03-24T10:31:17+02:00June 5th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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Review: Spiritualized by Victor Levine ★★★★

SpiritualizedSpiritualized is a raucous rock and roll mystery, part of Victor Levine’s Spec Time Trilogy series of books, which follow the exploits of Jon Cells, an aspiring rock star (based on a real person and real musician). Spiritualized acts as a kind of prequel to Vaporized, taking place four years before, over four days in 1978. This novel covers everything from coke deals, to cow mutilations, to New Age Buddhists, to rock stardom, to Hollywood filmmakers, and more in this spirited and literary epic novel.

As in Vaporized, the city is a character all its own. Whereas in […]

2019-01-22T15:46:19+02:00June 2nd, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , , |
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Review: Black & White & Dead All Over by Anna Castle ★★★★★

Black and White and Dead All Over

What happens when the Internet service provider in a small town spies on his clients’ cyber-lives and blackmails them for gifts and services?

Murder and mayhem abound in Anna Castle’s cozy mystery novel Black & White & Dead All Over.

Penelope Trigg is new to Lost Hat, Texas. She’s opened a photography studio and has a few clients, some friends, and has started dating a sexy and successful man. Everything is going well. That is until she submits nude figure studies of her boyfriend to a contest. Penny receives an email blackmailing her. If she fails to comply, the […]

2015-11-24T06:32:23+02:00May 29th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |
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