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Book Review: Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jan 16, 2020 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

In Miracle Creek, author Angie Kim creates a whodunit with a side helping of the difficult realities of achieving the American Dream. Kim blends tragedy, kids with chronic illness, moms who will do anything to help them, teenage angst, and cultural pride. It’s a...

Book Review: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Dec 17, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

In Disappearing Earth, author Julia Phillips transports the missing girl trope to a unique location. On the Kamchatka Peninsula in Eastern Russia, life is hard. It combines both modern conveniences like cell phones, and long-established behaviors like misogyny. So...

Graphic Novel Review: My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Nov 26, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Emil Ferris shows off her storytelling and artistic talent in My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Volume 1. In her graphic novel, she creates the art journal and diary of Karen Reyes. Karen is a 1960s Chicago pre-teen, balancing the difficulties of her own adolescence with...

Book Review: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Oct 30, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Alexis Schaitkin unspools a story of that 18-year-old we all know. The one with buckets of confidence and virtually no experience. Who wants to be thought well of, while never giving their parents the time of day. Who rolls her eyes, shows off her body, and keeps...

Book Review: The Merchant of Menace by Richard T. Ryan
(A Sherlock Holmes Adventure)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Sep 23, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

It’s a joy to revisit the world of Sherlock Holmes with author Richard T. Ryan and his latest novella, The Merchant of Menace. Holmes and Watson need to catch a thief who’s angling for priceless, one-of-a-kind items. And threatening the owners’ loved ones as he does...

Book Review: X by Sue Grafton (Kinsey Millhone #24)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Sep 4, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

X is the second-to-last Kinsey Millhone book from Sue Grafton. Although is was published in 2015, the action happens in 1989. As always, I smile at the things Kinsey has to do to make a phone call. It’s a reminder of what some people call “simpler days.” Unless, like...

Book Review: A Nearly Normal Family by M. T. Edvardsson

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 25, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

M. T. Edvardsson crafts an enjoyable psychological thriller in A Nearly Normal Family. It’s told from three viewpoints. First, the father’s voice lays out both current and past events. Then, the daughter fills in some gaps, but makes it clear that she’s an unreliable...

Book Review: The Line Between by Tosca Lee

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Aug 5, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Tosca Lee brings us a strong entry for the “young innocent woman tries to save the world” genre. The Line Between is a cult escapee, pandemic, dangerous emergency road trip book. Its heroine is likable, and the topic is fairly relevant.The young protagonist is Wynter...

Book Review: IQ by Joe Ide (IQ #1)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Jun 22, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Isaiah Quintabe (known to his friends as IQ) is a new and unique detective character. He doesn’t have a Ph.D. like Alex Delaware. Or a PI’s license like Kinsey Millhone. He’s just a young guy who dropped out of high school because it was more important to pay the...

Book Review: The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Apr 14, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

After listening to her nonfiction book, Forensics, reading Val McDermid’s psychological thriller series was an easy choice. I liked her detailed writing style, and was glad to see it here also. The Mermaids Singing is told from two points of view. First we have the...

Book Review: Dark of the Moon by John Sanford (Virgil Flowers #1)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Apr 12, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

I’ve been a fan of John Sanford mystery / thrillers for many years. My brother-in-law introduced me to the Prey series, featuring Lucas Davenport, back when there were just a few books in the series. Dark of the Moon is Sanford’s first entry in a spin-off series...

Book Review: Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Apr 4, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Delia Owens crafts a genrebusting debut novel. It’s primarily a Bildungsroman—coming of age story. But Owens throws in elements of romance, adds a treatise on nature, plus a strong mystery and courtroom procedural.Her main character Kathryn Danielle Clark, nicknamed...

Book Review: Ghost Gifts by Laura Spinella

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 25, 2019 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Ghost Gifts from author Laura Spinella was a good balance for my recent more serious reads. But it wasn’t much more than a fluff piece. Main character Aubrey Ellis is a journalist, working on real estate features at a small town paper. She’s also a medium, willingly...

Book Review: The Widows Of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Mar 2, 2019 | RELAX: Historical Fiction, RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

Sujata Massey takes her readers back to 1920s Bombay, India in this intriguing legal mystery. Our heroine is Perveen Mistry, a young woman who’s broken with societal norms and gotten a law degree from Oxford. She’s working in the menial aspects of her father’s law...

Book Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 23, 2019 | RELAX: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

This was my first Jennifer McMahon book, which I started because of a Litsy buddy read. Normally I read wintry books in the summer, when I need to feel cooler! Nevertheless, I dived in and enjoyed the storytelling.Fundamentally, The Winter People is about grief and...

Book Review: Murder in the Marais by Cara Black (Aimee Leduc #1)

by Barbara the Bibliophage | Feb 1, 2019 | RELAX: Mystery-Thriller

This was my first venture into the Aimée Leduc series from Cara Black. So, I started with book one and took an armchair trip to the neighborhood in Paris called the Marais. Aimée is the owner of a small private detective agency in Paris. She’s the daughter of a French...
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