Castle Boisblanc — the Sundered Castle — has been abandoned for decades. Ripped nearly apart by an earthquake and surrounded by tall, vicious brambles, the castle is desolate and uninhabited. Until now. The last thing Sand remembers before waking up inside the destroyed castle is a fight with his father and a wish to a…
Tag: mystery/thriller
Review: The Cantor Wore Crinolines
Hayden Konig leads a charmed life. He’s a fantastic detective, rich, the organist and choir director at St. Barnabus Church, and has the best-looking wife in three counties. Yet he remains discontent. The one thing Hayden wants most in the world is to be a famous noir detective writer like his hero, Raymond Chandler. He…
Review: The Seeker
Disclosure: I received a free copy of The Seeker from publisher Pegasus Books, LLC, but was not compensated for discussing/reviewing it. My thoughts on the book are my own. Graduate student Aine Cahill has spent most of her life distancing herself from her violent, drug-addicted, cursed family. Most of her relatives have met ignominious ends,…
Review: The Mangle Street Murders
Disclosure: I received a free copy of The Mangle Street Murders from publisher Pegasus Books, LLC, but was not compensated for discussing/reviewing it. My thoughts on the book are my own. It’s 1882, and Miss March Middleton has just arrived in London. Her father’s death has left her an orphan, and her godfather — the…
Review: The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion
Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama has just married off her three daughters (one of them for the second time), and wants nothing more than to spend time traveling with her husband Earle. Her only problem? Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Everyone in town loves Lenore, but Sookie has always found her mother overbearing and obsessed with…