Deadly Harvest: A Detective Kubu Mystery by Michael Stanley Fiction — Crime Fiction / Mystery Harper Paperbacks; April 30, 2013 Paperback 496 pages (Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours) In Botswana, Africa, young girls are going missing after getting into cars with mysterious men. Detectives David “Kubu” Bengu and Samantha Khama have been charged […]

The Missing File by D.A. Mishani Fiction — Crime Fiction / Mystery Harper; March 19, 2013 Hardcover 304 pages (Source: Publisher / TLC Book Tours) From the back cover: Police detective Avraham Avraham knows that when a crime is committed in his quiet suburban Tel Aviv, there is little need for a complex investigation. There […]

The Tale of Lucia Grandi: The Early Years by Susan Speranza Fiction Brook House Press, October 2012 Kindle edition 428 pages Lucia Grandi is 110 years old and living in a nursing home (?) when she is asked by a young graduate student to tell the story of her life. Lucia goes on to recount […]

No Mark Upon Her by Deborah Crombie Fiction — Mystery / Crime Fiction William Morrow; February 5, 2013 (reprint) Paperback 384 pages From the back cover: When a K9 search-and-rescue team discovers a woman’s body in the Thames, Scotland Yard superintendent Duncan Kincaid finds himself heading an investigation fraught with complications. The victim, the talented […]

Fight Song by Joshua Mohr Fiction Soft Skull Press; February 12, 2013 Paperback 272 pages From the publisher: When his bicycle is intentionally run off the road by a neighbor’s SUV, something snaps in Bob Coffen. Modern suburban life has been getting him down and this is the last straw. To avoid following in his […]

The Promise of Stardust by Priscille Sibley Fiction — Drama William Morrow; February 5, 2013 Paperback 432 pages From Goodreads: Matt Beaulieu was two years old the first time he held Elle McClure in his arms, seventeen when he first kissed her under a sky filled with shooting stars, and thirty-three when he convinced her […]

The Shining by Stephen King Fiction — Horror Heinemann / Octopus, 1981 Hardcover 308 pages This book…THIS BOOK…really did a number on me. Holy smokes. In case you’re not familiar with the story: Jack Torrance is an aspiring author and newly recovering alcoholic who has just lost his job as a teacher at a prep […]

Proof of Guilt: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery (#15) by Charles Todd Fiction — Mystery, Crime Fiction William Morrow; January 29, 2013 Hardcover 352 pages From the inside flap: London, summer 1920. An unidentified body appears to have been run down by a motorcar and Ian Rutledge is leading the investigation to uncover what happened. […]

Rage by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) Fiction Signet, 1977 Ebook 131 pages [Trigger warning: gun violence, school violence] Rage is Stephen King’s third novel, published in 1977 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. From what I understand, King started writing the book when he was only 19 years old, and while I’m sure there were changes […]

The Tell by Hester Kaplan Fiction Harper Perennial; January 8, 2013 Paperback 352 pages From the back cover: Trouble is simmering just below the surface of Mira and Owen’s marriage when Wilton Deere, an aging, once-famous TV actor, moves in next door. Charming but ruthless, Wilton inserts himself into the couple’s life, looking for friendship […]

‘Salem’s Lot (Illustrated Edition) by Stephen King Fiction — Horror Anchor, 2008 Kindle edition 674 pages **This post has potential spoilers sprinkled all over the place, so if you haven’t read the book but plan to, you might want to come back later.** Yesterday I told you the story of my mother’s experience with ‘Salem’s […]

Carrie by Stephen King Fiction — Horror Anchor, 2008 Kindle edition 194 pages This is Stephen King’s first novel, originally published in 1974. The book is about Carrie, a sixteen-year-old girl who is constantly ridiculed and put down by everyone around her, both at school and at home. On the day she gets her first […]

The Passage by Justin Cronin Fiction — Horror / Science Fiction Ballantine Books, July 2012 Mass Market Paperback 912 pages From Amazon: An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy–abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind […]

Kindred by Octavia Butler Fiction — Historical / Fantasy Beacon Press, 2004 (25th Anniversary Edition) Paperback 287 pages From the back cover: Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white […]