Posted on September 6th, 2010 by Maria
I was truly surprised at all the luke warm reviews the latest Alan Gregory novel, The Last Lie,received. While it wasn’t up to the standards of some of his previous works, I would not have called it ponderous or boring. I would put it more along the lines of one of the transitional types of [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Posted on July 24th, 2010 by Maria
I’m not really sure I knew what I expected when I picked up Justin Cronin’s The Passage. I’ve read a lot of vampire fiction in my life. Some of it good, some of it bad, some of it downright awful. I think many people will agree with me when I say this book is in [...]
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Filed under: Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, Vampires
Posted on June 20th, 2010 by Maria
In the fifth installment of the Walker Papers, Demon Hunts,shaman Joanne Walker and her partner Billy Holliday are searching for a cannibalistic killer who is probably supernatural in nature. Why would they think that? The lack of blood or footprints where the bodies are found. Problem is, Joanne can’t find any evidence at all about [...]
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Filed under: Demons, Fairy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense
Posted on May 22nd, 2010 by Maria
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are among our favorite authors between me, Roger and my Mom. All of their books have made their way between the three of us. Fever Dreamwill be no exception. Our favorite character, FBI Special Agent Pendergast, is back, along with NYPD Police Lt. Vincent D’Agosta and his girlfriend Captain Laura [...]
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Filed under: Adventure, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
Posted on January 20th, 2010 by Maria
Blasphemy’sex-CIA agent Wyman Ford is back in Impact,Douglas Preston’s newest thriller. Sent on a secret mission to Cambodia looking for a mine that contains radioactive gemstones, he discovers that the stakes are much higher than he’s been led to believe. Somehow, this mine is related to a meteor impact site in coastal Maine and not [...]
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Filed under: Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense, Thriller