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Beyond The Veil by B. B. Griffith: book review

Taking over the job of helping souls leave for their destination was one thing. Ben Dejooli was happy to free his sister from the place between. Now, things are changing and he knows it’s not for the better.

The curtain that comes when he cuts the thread of a life is turning dark. People are showing up back in the living world, and he has to collect them again. It’s those freaky guys in black, Ben just knows it. Along with his two favorite crow bearers, Ben has to fight against true evil to put things right again.

Grant’s grandfather worked too hard to support him, so Grant decided to make a little extra by reselling soda. It was all going well until the thin place opened up. He never counted on being the kid who had to protect two worlds.

I recommend this to anyone who loves an elemental fight between good and evil. If you haven’t read the first book in the series, Follow The Crow, I suggest you start with that one.

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Pocket Full of Posies by Angela Roquet: Book Review

The second in the Reapers Inc series, this takes us on a dangerous week in Lana’s life. No wonder she hates taking courses, it could be the death of her. 

In the week she has to fill between study and graduation, Lana is put into more danger than ever. Demons are rebelling against the council. Someone is trying to find out who killed a demi-goddess, and Lana has to take defense lessons from Beelzebub. Who knew that the safest place for her would be Hell?

In order to fulfill Grim’s needs, Lana has to take two courses. In order to safe her life, she has to promise to hunt for a new soul to run the afterworld.

If you liked the last book, Graveyard Shift, you’ll love this continuation of Lana’s adventures. If you haven’t read it yet, and like paranormal stories about collecting souls, check it out.

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Contact Us by Al Macy : Book Review

Would you think it weird if everyone on Earth sneezed at the same time? Yeah I guess we all would.

Earth is contacted by a weird space alien who promises to protect humans from the coming attack. The problem is, protection seems to mean something different every time the alien reaches out.

The humor is well woven into the story, along with a lot of unpleasantness as the President of The United States tries to handle the effects of miscommunication and determine what’s best for the world.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a good laugh as the world spins around out of control.

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Death and Judgment by Donna Leon: Book Review

For those of you who follow Donna Leon’s Venetian detective, this is an older one in the series, but you can be sure it’s full of the warmth and horror of all the others. 

If you aren’t familiar with Guido Brunetti, his co-workers and his family, you’ll love getting to know this series of mysteries set in Venice. It’s always about the politics and it’s always about the corruption, but somehow, Brunetti always figures it out.

This is not a cozy mystery, the crimes are vicious and venal. Women are brought to Venice to ply their trade on the streets. Few of them knew what they were getting into. Guido is assigned to solve the murder of a prominent and ‘clean’ lawyer. By the time he’s done, even he’s shocked by what he’s learned.

I recommend this book, and the series, to anyone who likes a little cynicism with their justice.

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The Girl Who Tweeted Wolf by Nick Bryan

This is the first book in the Hobson and Choi series, a mismatched pair of detectives who find the weirdest cases.

It all starts when Choi shows up for her internship with Hobson. She’s sixteen and her parents aren’t exactly happy about her interning with a detective. Hobson figures a kid like Choi knows all about social media and gets her to start a twitter account.

By the time he gets back from a meeting, Choi has offered to solve a case for free, and promised that Hobson will fight a wolf. What’s a hardened detective to do? Well, if you are Hobson, you jump in and show Choi what she’s signed them up for.

This book has a weird charm about it. If you like British mysteries that aren’t dark and broken but still gritty, you’ll love this one. I have to say I’m buying the rest of the series and looking forward to reading them.

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Irretrievably Broken by Melissa F Miller: Book Review

Sasha is drawn into another unwanted case.

She’s not a criminal lawyer, but the client is innocent. Yeah, she knows that’s what they all say.

This time her gut tells her that it’s true. A tangle of intrigue and a dark secret that needs to stay buried is the cause of two horrible murders. It’s obviously the husband each time, but Sasha can’t believe that’s true.

Connelly has a new job. There’s a story behind it but he can’t tell Sasha what it is. Will she leave everything she loves to come with him when he leaves?

I recommend this to anyone who loves a legal mystery and enjoyed the previous two books that I reviewed  Irreparable harm and Inadvertent Disclosure.

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In Favour of Fools by J Battle: Book review

Phil is a PI and he likes to sit at his desk, drink coffee (even if his sister won’t make it for him) talk to his paranoid friend hiding in the bathroom, and generally enjoy the day. What he doesn’t like is when someone knocks on his door. It just brings trouble. 

Aliens and squirt booths and thugs fill his day from the moment the dame walked in. (Well, perhaps dame is not quite the right term, but when your name is Phil Chandler and you’re a PI you have to fit into the expectations.)

With asides from his Narrative Facilitator, Phil travels around the known worlds trying to track down two men, and stay alive.

I recommend this to anyone who loves a laugh with their alien invasions.

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Inadvertent Disclosure by Melissa F Miller: Book Review

It was supposed to be a quick in and out, but Sasha was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Her client needed information so Sasha drove hours out to Clearbrook County to serve the papers. As she’s getting ready to leave, the judge assigns her to a competency case. 

Her client is ornery and the town is full of corporate lawyers fighting on either side of the fracking cases. She hopes that it will be a simple case of blocking the county from taking over the old man’s life. Then the judge gets killed and she’s stuck investigating the death.

I recommend this case to anyone who likes a battle between a determined lawyer and corporate bullies. If you liked my recommendation for Irreparable Harm, you’ll love this sequel.

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The Way of The Black Beast by Stuart Jaffe: Book Review

When you are twisted by two magicians, you learn how to fight without thinking.

Malja hates magicians. Tommy isn’t one yet, and if she has anything to do with it, he never will be. Unfortunately, it isn’t possible to interfere with the fate of another. 

When she was a child, Malja was taken by twin magicians who trained her to kill. When it became obvious that she had no talent for magic, they tossed her out. Lucky for Malja, she wasn’t killed as ordered. Now she travels the wasteland of her destroyed world seeking the twins with one aim, to kill them.

The black beast drives her with its rage to destroy whoever gets in her way.

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