Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood

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Twenty-five years ago, Jade Walker and Annabel Oldacre were the most famous and most reviled children in England.  Left to their own devic...
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

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Twenty-seven years into a marriage everyone assumed was solid, Annie and Orion Oh have split up.  They seemed the perfect family.  Orion w...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel

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They were the Lola Quartet, a group of Florida high school seniors who came together  to make music.  Their futures were bright as they f...
Friday, October 25, 2013

The Death Of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell

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Today is Christmas Eve.  Today is my birthday. Today I am fifteen. Today I buried my parents in the backyard. Neither of them was beloved...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

In A Small Town by Marc A. Di Giacomo

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Detective Matt Longo is shot with a shotgun blast as he goes to pick up a pizza.  A young detective, he now has a shattered shoulder.  As ...

On The Horizon

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Last week was a slow week in books in, which is good as it means I'll get a chance to catch up a bit.  Here's the weekly catch: ...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Black Dog by Stephen Booth

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The Peak District in England's Derbyshire usually faces only minor crime, such as stealing from tourist cars.  But that all changes wh...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

The Rathbones by Janice Clark

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The Rathbones are whalers.  No more needs to be said, they are made for whaling, and whaling is their life.  The patriarch, Moses, can sen...
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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Backlash by Lynda La Plante

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Police pull over a van being driven erratically in the London borough of Hackney.  Inside they find a woman's body and take the drive...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Preservationist by Justin Kramon

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It's fall, and new students have arrived on campuses across the nation, each ready to start a new chapter in their life.  This is a ti...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Nemesis by Bill Pronzini

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Jake Runyon is carrying most of the weight at the San Francisco detective agency these days.   Tamara is the office person who does the co...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

On The Horizon October 9, 2013

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This week's listing of new books that have managed to get in the door is skewed.  I won a gift certificate on Amazon so ordered sever...

Close To The Bone by Stuart MacBride

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Things are chaotic in DS Logan McRae's Aberdeen, Scotland home.  Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory and the loca...
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

America's Greatest Blunder by Burton Pines

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In this well-researched and page-turning history of World War I, Burton Pines traces America's involvement in the war and the conseque...
Sunday, October 6, 2013

Billy Moon by Douglas Lain

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Billy Moon follows the life of a grown-up Christopher Robin Milne, better known as the little boy in the Winnie the Pooh books.  While h...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

100 Ghosts by Doogie Horner

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100 Ghosts by Doogie Horner is a whimsical look at ghosts in cartoon format; the perfect book for fall as Halloween is just around the c...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Sea Change by S.M. Wheeler

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Lilly is born to wealthy parents who reject her due a birth defect.  Alone and unloved, she flees to the beach that surrounds her house an...

On The Horizon--A New Weekly Feature At Booksie's Blog

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One thing that book bloggers learn early--there are almost an infinite number of books that are yearning to be read and reviewed!  I get ...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

The Round House by Louise Erdrich

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The year is 1988, and Joe Coutts and his buddies are doing what most 13 year old boys do during summer vacation.  They hang out together t...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

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Everything is changing at Belle Vie, Louisiana.  A historical state site, it is a restored plantation and demonstrates life as it was liv...
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