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If only he just had one special friend.

July 7, 2014 by alwaysanswerb Leave a Comment

“Please, bring a special friend for Larry,” says Larry’s mother when she prays, despairing for her son’s lonely existence and wishing better for him. Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter is a good, if somewhat predictable, mystery story that’s elevated by the quality of the prose and the character profiles of its two leads. From Goodreads: “In the late 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas “32” Jones were boyhood pals. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry, the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: alwaysanswerb, crime, Deep South, mystery, Race relations, tom franklin

alwaysanswerb's CBR6 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: alwaysanswerb, crime, Deep South, mystery, Race relations, tom franklin ·
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Veronica Mars – in book form!

June 29, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! Avoid this book if you’ve not watched theVeronica Mars movie and want to avoid spoilers for the plot of said film, because this book follows on from the events there. Hence this review will probably spoil the movie too. Veronica is back in Neptune, working as a P.I, running Mars Investigations while her father recuperates. She’s struggling to make ends meet, not to mention paying Mac, who’s working as her office assistant. During spring break, a girl disappears from high profile party, and as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, contemporary fiction, Jennifer Graham, Malin, mystery, narfna, Rob Thomas, the thousand-dollar tan line, TV tie in, Veronica Mars

Malin's CBR6 Review No:60 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, contemporary fiction, Jennifer Graham, Malin, mystery, narfna, Rob Thomas, the thousand-dollar tan line, TV tie in, Veronica Mars ·
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Ruby Ruby Do You Know What You’re Doing To Me

June 27, 2014 by elecamel Leave a Comment

An amazon freebie you say? Don’t mind if I do…That was the only motivation I had in reading Killing Ruby Rose by Jessie Humphries. As a Prime member, it was available for free download, the cover was attention grabbing and the description seemed interesting. Nuf said? To finish reading my review, head over to my blog!

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Fiction, murder, mystery

elecamel's CBR6 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Fiction, murder, mystery ·
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Leaps In the Dust

June 27, 2014 by elecamel Leave a Comment

One day. 500 pages and it all happens in one long day. There are two short chapters covering the final weeks at the very end of Patricia Cornwell’s Dust, but almost the entire book is one day. Kay Scarpetta wakes early one morning shortly before Christmas to her pager calling her to a murder scene. The picture of the victim is oddly reminiscent of three murders her husband is currently out of town investigating. They work for different organizations though and can’t really share info (nevermind […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: crime, Fiction, mystery

elecamel's CBR6 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: crime, Fiction, mystery ·
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Weirdly Good Comic

June 26, 2014 by Fofo 2 Comments

Target: China Miéville’s Dial H, Vol. 2: Exchange. Art by Alberto Ponticelli, David Lapham and Dan Green.  Collecting issues #7-15 and Justice League issue #23.3 Profile: Comics, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy When last we left Dial H, Miéville was busy adding weird fiction and horror tropes to a little known corner of the DC Universe.  The events of the last volume have raised the stakes and opened the door to a multiverse of possibilities.  Unfortunately, while Dial H was an incredible critical success, its sales numbers left something to be […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Alberto Ponticelli, CBR5, China Mieville, Comics, Dan Green, David Lapham, Dial H, fantasy, Fofo, mystery, science fiction

Fofo's CBR6 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Alberto Ponticelli, CBR5, China Mieville, Comics, Dan Green, David Lapham, Dial H, fantasy, Fofo, mystery, science fiction ·
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You guys, this book was a such thrill-ride

June 26, 2014 by Malin 5 Comments

I snooze, I lose. I was hoping to be the first one to publish a review of Skin Game, but Emmalita/Rochelle beat me to it. Standard spoiler warning! This is book 15 in the series. You don’t want to start here. If you’re not caught up with the series, you may want to skip this review, because while I’m going to try to not spoil this actual book, I can’t actually avoid spoilers for some of the previous ones. It took me a long time to get hooked on these […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #CBR6, adventure, heist, Jim Butcher, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, romantic, skin game, the Dresden Files

Malin's CBR6 Review No:57 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #CBR6, adventure, heist, Jim Butcher, Malin, mystery, paranormal fantasy, romantic, skin game, the Dresden Files ·
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