Alexandra Wolfe's Blog, page 18

Christmas Holidays

Dear All, Thank you for all your support, comments, and friendship this last year. I truly appreciate you all stopping by and continuing to share your love of books and passion for reading with me. It’s been a struggle rebuilding the website (again) after my host was hacked. So I’m thankful for those of you ...

Book Review: Resurrection Bay

Title: RESURRECTION BAY Author: Emma Viskic Publisher: Pushkin Press ISBN: 9781782273622 Genre: Mystery | Suspense BACK COVER BLURB Caleb Zelic can’t hear you. But he sees everything. CALEB ZELIC IS ON THE HUNT FOR HIS FRIEND’S KILLER His childhood friend has been brutally murdered—fingers broken, throat slit—at his home in Melbourne. Tortured by guilt, Caleb ...

Book Review: A Twist of the Knife

Title: A TWIST OF THE KNIFE (Book #3) Author: Becky Masterman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781250074515 Genre: Crime / Murder-Mystery BACK COVER BLURB Ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn has seen it all, and survived. But nothing can cut her closer to the bone than family… Now happily retired in Arizona, Brigid gets called back to her home ...

Book Review: THE RECKONING

Title: THE RECKONING Author: James McGee Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 9780007320103 Genre: Historical Mystery BACK COVER BLURB London, 1813: Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood is summoned to a burial ground and finds the corpse of a young woman, murdered and cast into an open grave. At first the death is deemed to be of little consequence. ...

Guest Post: Beth Cato

I like to joke that I’m a hipster when it comes to the steampunk genre—I liked it before it was cool, and before it was even called steampunk. I grew up savoring retro-future science fiction like the corny 1980 Flash Gordon movie, but sci-fi wasn’t my biggest love as a kid. No, my full-out obsession ...

Book Review: DEEP BLUE TROUBLE

Title: DEEP BLUE TROUBLE [book 2] Author: Steph Broadribb Publisher: Orenda Books ISBN: 9781910633939 Genre: Crime Fiction BACK COVER BLURB Single-mother Florida bounty hunter Lori Anderson’s got an ocean of trouble on her hands. Her daughter Dakota is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT—Dakota’s daddy and the man who ...

Book Review: The Ashes of London

Title: ASHES OF LONDON, THE Author: Andrew Taylor Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 978-0008119089 Genre: Historical BACK COVER BLURB London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St Paul’s is reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is James Marwood, son of a traitor, and reluctant ...

Interview: Stuart Sharp

First up, Stuart, can you tell me a little bit about yourself and what got you into writing. I was born back in 1980, went to university in Hull, where I studied history to PhD level, and currently live in East Yorkshire in the UK, far away from everything except cows, a certain famous bridge, ...

Book Review: The City of Brass

Title: CITY OF BRASS, THE Author: S. A. Chakraborty Publisher: Harper Voyager ISBN: 9780062678119 Genre: Epic Fantasy BACK COVER BLURB Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent. But she knows better than anyone that the trade she uses ...

Book Review: The Romanov Prophecy

Title: ROMANOV PROPHECY, THE Author: Steve Berry Publisher: Hodder ISBN: 9780340899311 Genre: Thriller BACK COVER BLURB The brutal killing of the Romanovs meant the end of the Tsars. Nearly a century later, the people of Russia have voted to bring back the tsar, a ruler to be selected from the distant relatives of the last tsar; Nicholas II, ...