Title: The Worst Lie (A Lexie Wyatt Mystery Book 2) Author: Shauna Bickley Publisher: Self-published Publication date: December 9, 2019 Genre: Mystery and Suspense Summary: Lexie’s friend Helen needs her help: Helen’s university friend Eden is coming to visit and wants the whole university group to spend a weekend together in Little Stillford, just as they had days before their friend Madelaine was found dead, something that brings great anxiety to Helen. Lexie is there to soothe her, and soon finds herself enlisted by Eden to find out who murdered Madelaine over a decade before. Before she knows it, Lexie and her husband Nathan become entangled in the group, who have more secrets than Lexie could…
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Book Review: BloodStained Bliss by Elle Limpkin
Title: BloodStained Bliss Author: Elle Limpkin Publisher: February 12, 2020 Publication date: Self-published Genre: Science fiction, Mystery/Thriller Summary: Earth has been crime-free for 300 years. Advances in science and medicine have made it possible to eliminate the violence gene in unborn children, resulting in a world without violence and crime. Until now. Newly elected mayor of the island Roseside Reef Zeno is woken in the early morning hours because a body has been discovered on a beach. Faced with a murder and no clue how to solve it, Zeno and his aides rush to figure out who the killer is before more bodies drop dead, and instead discover Zeno’s own past may hide an important clue.…
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Book Review: The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold
Title: The Last Smile in Sunder City Author: Luke Arnold Publisher: Orbit Publication date: February 25, 2020 Genre: Fantasy Summary: Just a few years ago, there was magic in the world. Magical creatures could tap into the river of it. Humans, though, were unable to touch it, so feared it and cut it off from the magical creatures. Now the creatures are suffering, having lost their magic, and are dying or trying to survive. In Sunder City, former soldier turned PI Fetch Phillips is Human, the human responsible for the magic loss. Living with the guilt of what he did, especially since he had loved a being of magic, he only takes cases from non-humans,…
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The Books I Reviewed in 2019
Do note that I said reviewed in the title and not read. I did read some of the books I reviewed in January back in December of 2018 and I am still reading books (of course I am), but those reviews won’t be posted until January and February of next year. I honestly can’t remember which books I started reading this past January, so I’m forced to simply talk about the books I reviewed over the past year. The Stats in Paragraph Form Because I Prefer Words to Numbers I wish I knew how many books I have actually read this year as I’m curious to see how close I…
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Book Review: The Fox, the Dog, and the King by Matt Doyle
Title: The Fox, the Dog, and the King Author: Matt Doyle Publisher: Nine Star Press Publication date: July 23, 2018 Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, LGBT Summary: It was supposed to be date night for Cassie and Lori, but, following the performance, the performer asks to see them, having recognized Cassie as a private investigator. Known only as Kitsune, and outfitted in Tech Shifting gear at all times in public, she asks Cassie to locate her missing dog. Thanks to her interfering girlfriend, Cassie takes the case and is pulled into more than just finding a missing dog, something that involves a king of the criminal world. This is the…
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Book Review: The Venice Atonement by Merryn Allingham
Title: The Venice Atonement Author: Merryn Allingham Publisher: Canelo Publication date: June 27, 2019 Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Historical Mystery Summary: Following her sudden marriage to the much older art professor Leo Tremayne in 1955, Nancy finds herself exploring Venice, with nothing else to do until she witnesses a woman she’d met once before tumble from a balcony at the opera. Ruled a suicide, Nancy isn’t so sure. With nothing else to do and wanting to find her own place in the world and her marriage, she jumps headlong into investigating the mysterious death, convinced it’s a murder. Often heedless of the danger she could find herself in, she’s quickly grateful for the begrudgingly given help…
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Book Review: Addict by Matt Doyle
Title: Addict (The Cassie Tam Files #1) Author: Matt Doyle Publisher: Nine Star Press Publication Date: May 8, 2017 Genre: Speculative/Science Fiction, Mystery, LGBT Summary: Lori Redwood’s brother was found dead, and the police ruled it an accidental overdose. After all, VJ Addicts are not just addicted to the virtual world, but the synthetic drugs they rely on. But Lori isn’t convinced her brother wasn’t murdered since he always said he never used. To prove it, she goes to P.I. Cassandra Tam, who will either give her client closure and reveal a few unsettling truths about her beloved brother or prove Eddie Redwood was murdered. As a mystery, Addict was…
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Book Review: The Perfect Assassin by K. A. Doore
Title: The Perfect Assassin Author: K.A. Doore Publisher: Tor Books Publication date: March 19, 2019 Genre: Fantasy Summary: By day, Amastan is an apprentice scribe. By night, he is one of the Basbowen family’s newest assassins. Serving as the knife of Ghadid, the assassins only kill when there is a contract. Fortunately for Amastan, who is unwilling to take a life, there are no contracts. Thinking himself safe from having to kill someone, he continues to train with his cousins and unexpectedly comes across the hidden body of a Drum Chief, one of the leaders of Ghadid. The Drum Chiefs decide it will be the Basbowen family’s job to find…
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Book Review: Not A Clue by Chloe Delaume
Title: Not a Clue Author: Chloe Delaume Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Publication date: April 1, 2019 Genre: Fiction, translated from French Summary: Translated from the original French, Not a Clue is a life size game of Clue involving six psychiatric patients. Each character takes on the persona of one of the Clue pieces, is placed in one of the rooms on the board, and has possession of one weapon. Each are accused of killing Dr. Black. As a fan of the game Clue, I was thrilled for the chance to review a copy of Not a Clue, which is set to be released December 1, 2018. I was expecting…
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Gates to Asphodel, Chapter 23
Recap: Corey’s parents had an argument about her and were found dead the next morning. Corey then meets Detective Skylar Adams. She is later adopted by Helen and Andy. Two years later, Corey is in school and meets a friend, Terese, and the class bully, Sandra. One day, two students are found dead and Corey meets Detective Adams again. Corey starts 2nd grade, which brings her face to face with a terrifying new teacher. As you can expect, her teacher does not last long. And then neither do her adopted parents, but things look up as Corey may have found a forever family. Corey moves in with Detective Adams and his…
