Ken H. Fortenberry’s Edisto Blood Oath is a taut, fast-paced mystery steeped in the tragic history of the ancient island town at the southern end of the… Read more “A Ghostly Call”
Category: My Book Reviews
Long Gone
With his terrific new novel, THE VANISHERS, ace mystery writer R.G. Belsky has teleported his considerable mastery of spinning compelling and fast-paced stories with spine-bending plot twists… Read more “Long Gone”
Razor-Sharp And Bloody
Carmen Amato strikes again with another morally complex, bloody and insightful mystery that perches Acapulco’s first female homicide detective, Emilia Cruz, on a high wire with lots… Read more “Razor-Sharp And Bloody”
The Iceman Cometh
Masterful crime writer Bruce Robert Coffin is back on the beat where he belongs, with lights flashing and sirens wailing to mark the twisted track of tarnished… Read more “The Iceman Cometh”
There Ain’t No Yellow Brick Road
Most coming-of-age stories don’t feature dead bodies, point-blank murder, duffel bags stuffed with weed, bent cops, bloody biker shootouts or underage rich kids popping Molly… Read more “There Ain’t No Yellow Brick Road”
Texas Gothic Slow Burn
With The Wretched and Undone, Julia Weiner has written a compelling, slow-burning horror story of a cursed family of Polish immigrants to the Texas Hill Country, haunted… Read more “Texas Gothic Slow Burn”
A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger
Ace Big Apple mystery writer Dick R.G. Belsky and co-author Bonnie Traymore have a terrifically slick and winning psychological thriller coming… Read more “A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger”
Big Mistake, Big Thrill
Life is short. And it’s about to get a lot shorter for a pack of high-life Savannah sex club swells, a crooked DA, a bent cop, a… Read more “Big Mistake, Big Thrill”
Higher Plane Western
From afar, it’s always tempting to lump Baron R. Birtcher’s Sheriff Ty Dawson mysteries with other modern-day Westerns such as Craig Johnson’s Longmire series or the Joe… Read more “Higher Plane Western”
Canine Envy
There’s something about rapid-fire writing and the relentless staccato of short, sharp sentences spiced with dark wit, grim insight and bloody shockers that keep a reader focused… Read more “Canine Envy”
Jim Nesbitt 