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Book Review: The Devil’s Country

Title: DEVIL’S COUNTRY, THE Author: Harry Hunsicker Publisher: Thomas & Mercer ISBN: 9781503941908 Genre: Crime Fiction BACK COVER BLURB Former Texas Ranger Arlo Baines didn’t come to the tiny West Texas town of Piedra Springs to cause trouble. After his wife and children were murdered, Arlo just wants to be left alone. Moving from place ...

Top 5 Books On My Current TBR

Or, in other words, five up and coming books I’m really excited to read whether they’re actually on my physical TBR pile, or on that TBR list in my head. And yes, I can choose books off that list, Shanah over at the Bionic Book Worm said it was perfectly okay to list books coming ...

Interview: Colleen Gleason

Colleen Gleason—international best-selling author of the paranormal romance series The Gardella Vampire Chronicles and the post-apocalyptic romance series The Regency Draculia—shares some insight into her novels and just how she got into this writing lark to begin with. First of all Colleen, would you like to tell us a little bit about yourself, and what ...

Book Review: Rage Against The Dying

Title: RAGE AGAINST THE DYING Author: Becky Masterman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780143182672 Genre: Murder-Mystery BACK COVER BLURB Brigid Quinn’s experiences hunting sexual predators for the FBI have left her with memories she wishes she didn’t have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Having been pushed into early retirement by events she thinks she’s put ...

WWW Wednesday

WWW Wednesday, which is hosted by Sam, over at Takin on the World of Words, is simplicity itself. All you have to do is answer the following questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish? What do you think you will read next? Currently Reading: I’m about to start reading JADE CITY ...

Book Review: Secrets of State

Title: SECRETS OF STATE Author: Matthew Palmer Publisher: Putnam ISBN: 9780425281017 Genre: Thriller BACK COVER BLURB A former top expert at the State Department, Sam Trainor was forced out of the Washington establishment and into the private sector, working as an analyst for a consulting firm. As he struggles to adjust to a corporate, profit-driven ...

Book Review: The Thicket

Title: THICKET, THE Author: Joe R. Lansdale Publisher: Mulholland Books ISBN: 9780316188449 Genre: Western BACK COVER BLURB Jack Parker thought he’d already seen his fair share of tragedy. His grandmother was killed in a farm accident when he was barely five years old. His parents have just succumbed to the smallpox epidemic sweeping turn-of-the-century East Texas—orphaning him ...

Book Review: Cold Storage

Title: COLD STORAGE Author: David Koepp Publisher: Ecco ISBN: 9780062960467 Genre: Thriller BACK COVER BLURB When Pentagon bio-terror operative Roberto Diaz was sent to investigate a suspected biochemical attack, he found something far worse: a highly mutative organism capable of extinction-level destruction. He contained it and buried it in cold storage deep beneath a little-used ...

Guest Post: Vincent H. O’Neil

A Few Things I’ve Learned About Writing Military Science Fiction By Vincent H. O’Neil (aka Henry V. O’Neil) I’ve been writing for many years, and have published books in the mystery and horror genre in addition to military science fiction. I believe I’ve learned a few things going down that road, and would like to ...

Book Review: The Locksmith’s Daughter

Title: LOCKSMITH’S DAUGHTER, THE Author: Karen Brooks Publisher: William Morrow ISBN: 9780062686572 Genre: Historical Fiction BACK COVER BLURB Mallory Bright is the only daughter of London’s master locksmith. For her there is no lock too elaborate, no secret too well kept. Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster and protector of Queen Elizabeth—the last of the Tudor monarchs—and ...