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Artful Dodger by Nageeba Davis: Book Review

Finding your neighbor in your septic tank is not the best way to start a day. Having to deal with the relatives and the secrets of any family but your own is way past neighborly. In this story Maggie Kean is dragged into an investigation of the death of her neighbor and it makes her look at her own life, her feelings for the cranky old lady who died, and the hot detective who seems to think she’s the killer. 

A good puzzle to solve.

I recommend this to anyone who likes to hear about dysfunctional families and hidden secrets.

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Smile Now, Cry Later by Paul MacDonald: book review

This is a Chuck Restic Mystery and I’m really please to note there will be more in the series. This one covers off his first case, a pretty ugly plot that results in more murders than anyone expects.   

Chuck is a Human Resources manager for an unidentified company. He’s cynical and he’s bored. When one of he associates under his charge disappears, Chuck finds it hard to resist a little poking around. What he finds leads to a steaming pile of corruption and betrayal.

I recommend this to anyone who like a gritty mystery where you never know who to trust.

 

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Three Arthur Beautyman Mysteries by Erik Hanberg: book review

We start out with a highly competent detective in LA who makes a very public mistake. It doesn’t matter whether or not he was right, he has to go. The first mystery is the end of Arthur’s career, and possibly the end of his talent.   

After losing his control and then his job, Arthur moves back in with his mom, and they start the Beautyman & Beautyman Detective Agency, finding their first clients among the relatives of Mrs. B’s bridge club. Arthur and mom don’t always agree, and that gets them in a lot of trouble in the second and third stories.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a quirky comeback story.

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Cars, Cats, and Crooks by R H Carter: book review

When you get downsized, you can choose to get another job, or follow a dream. Peyton Kimble decides to do what he’s always wanted to do, become a private detective – he’s good at figuring things out after all.  

Joined by his nephew, Jackson Chadwick they start out with the case of the missing cat and prove that they are both good at detective work.

Unfortunately, it’s hard to make a living finding lost pets.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a cozy mystery, and a couple of kind and funny detectives.

 

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The Change by Teyla Branton: book review

It all starts out normally until a car t-bones hers and then Erin watches her best friend burn to death before feeling the flames take her own flesh. What happens next turns her life upside down and drags her through conspiracies, genetic modification, and betrayals.  

A page turner. There never seems be a place where the reader gets to relax. Running from one revelation to the next betrayal, we read in fascination as Erin decides which group of strangers are the good guys, in a world were good guys don’t match her perception.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a world shaking conspiracy with their science fiction.

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Afterworld: The Orion Rezner Chronicles by Michael James Ploof: book review

Post-apocalyptic books are hot right now and you’d think that the stories would get repetitive and predictable. Not so. There are hundreds if not thousands of reasons that the world will change, be destroyed, or invaded and as many ways humanity will react to it. In this series it’s good old fashioned apocalypse caused by a virus. Demons walk the earth, magic is real and humans are split between the Elite and the rest of the remnants.   

Orion is a newly minted wizard who has some difficulties with authority. Along with his genetically altered chimp, Dude, and his pet ghost, Ben, Orion has to find a way to protect Boston and avoid his new found enemy.

I found to book well balanced between horror and humor. I’m not a big fan of horror, but this one drew me along and I’ll definitely read the next one in the series.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a fast moving high stakes story with a bit of hellfire.

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Louisiana Longshot by Jana DeLeon: book review

This is the first book in the Miss Fortune series, and I came to it after reading later books. Despite having some of the background already in place, I found it entertaining, and it was nice to learn why she was there, and how everyone first met.  

The characters are hilarious in their personalities, but oddly competent. Fortune arrives in town hiding from a mistake in her past – she killed the wrong guy. Now she’s supposed to be laying low, but trouble finds her faster than an alligator on a death roll. The mystery is tight and the characters are strongly drawn as weird, and with unexpected pasts.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a kookie mystery series.

 

 

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Big Trouble In Little Hope by C.J. Barry: book review

Imagine finding out your grandmother wrote erotica when you inherit her house. Now imagine that she used your picture for the author. If that’s not bad enough, you live in a small town where people can’t understand the words private life.   

C. J. Barry creates a fun ride with the story set in a small town where everyone thinks they have a right to judge you. Then she throws in a hot architect on a secret mission, a woman with plans to leave town, and a mystery at the the building site.

If you are a fan of C. J. Barry, you’ll love this story. I recommend it to anyone who likes a romance with a little mystery attached.

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The Madeline Journeys 4 in 1

When Madeline gets trapped in a magical world, finding her way home is her number one priority. Do priorities have to change, for love, or family?

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The Quinn Larson Quests All In One

It all starts with one dead human.

Will Quinn be able to keep the Real Folk hidden without paying too high a cost?

 

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