Into The Dark is a follow up to And She Was, and like its predecessor, it artfully combines intricate mystery with a personal story. The Iris Neff case pushed Brenna into the limelight, which both works for and against her. In this book, a mysterious performance artist has […]
Category: mystery
Ex Libris Audio: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line picks up a few months after the movie ends, and Veronica is trying to keep Mars Investigations afloat while her father recovers from the serious injuries he sustained from a hit and run accident. I really loved being back in this world and those of you that are clamoring for more […]
And She Was By Alison Gaylin
I am not usually a fan of mysteries. I don’t know why, but it’s a genre that has never appealed to me. When I was offered a chance to read this series, I reluctantly agreed, and I am glad that I did. And She Was was creepy, interesting, and really fun to read. The disappearance […]
No One Else Can Have You By Kathleen Hale
No One Else Can Have You Author: Kathleen Hale Category: Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Release Date: 1-7-14 Small towns are nothing if not friendly. Friendship, Wisconsin (population: 688) is no different. Around here, everyone wears a smile. And no one ever locks their doors. Until, that is, high school sweetheart Ruth Fried is found […]
Murder And Moonshine By Carol Miller
Murder And Moonshine: A Mystery Author: Carol Miller Category: Mystery Publisher: Minotaur Books Release Date: 12-17-13 All small towns have secrets—and plenty of them—as every small town waitress knows. Daisy is no different. A young, recently-separated waitress at H&P’s Diner in sleepy southwestern Virginia, she hears more than her fair share of neighborhood gossip while […]
Pretty Girl 13 by Liz Coley
Pretty Girl – 13Author: Liz ColeyCategory: Young AdultFormat: eGalleyPublisher: Katherine Tegen BooksRelease Date: 3-19-13Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping trip. Now she’s returned home…only to find that it’s three years later and she’s sixteen-or at least that’s what everyone tells her. What happened […]
Interview + Giveaway: Ally Carter!
I was lucky enough to have an opportunity to sit down with Ally Carter before her signing at the fabulous Murder By The Book in Houston. Thank you, Ally, and thank you to Disney-Hyperion for making this possible! If you ever have a chance to see Ally, don’t miss it! She is hilarious and so […]
Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter
Perfect Scoundrels Author: Ally Carter Category: Young Adult Format: Hardcover Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: 2-6-13 Katarina Bishop and W.W. Hale the fifth were born to lead completely different lives: Kat comes from a long, proud line of loveable criminal masterminds, while Hale is the scion of one of the most seemingly perfect dynasties in the […]
City of Dark Magic by Magnus Flyte
City of Dark MagicAuthor: Magnus FlyteFormat: ebookCategory: FictionPublisher: PenguinRelease Date: 11-27-12Once a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague was home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, as it’s whispered, hell portals. When music student Sarah Weston lands a summer job at Prague Castle cataloging Beethoven’s manuscripts, she has no idea how dangerous her life is […]
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Gone GirlAuthor: Gillian FlynnGenre: Fiction/MysteryFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Weidenfeld and NicolsonRelease Date: 5-24-12On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t […]