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Review: Scum by K.A. Merikan

Nov 26, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Ten years ago, Shane answered a desperate call for help from Ed Beck, a local politician who killed a woman while he was driving drunk. But instead of just getting rid of a body, Shane ended...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: age gap, artist, ex con, homophobia, K.A. Merikan, murder, opposites attract, rape, self published, virgin, Wrong Side of the Tracks series

Review: Twelve Days of Murder by Jason Wrench

Nov 25, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Detective Frank Schultt has a hard time dealing with the holidays and a recent spate of killings isn’t making anything easier. A macabre killer is leaving body parts around the city and Frank...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Contemporary, Holiday, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: Christmas, Jason Wrench, law enforcement, murder, mystery, Pride Publishing, serial killer

Review: Breakdown by Kat Cassidy

Nov 24, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Breakdown is the third book in the Hot Wire series and is the conclusion of the trilogy. It is not meant to be read as a standalone and this review will naturally reveal spoilers for the...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: addict, ex con, family, Hot Wire series, Kat Cassidy, kids, mechanic, murder, self published, thief, violence

Review: A Death in Bloomsbury by David C. Dawson

Nov 15, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel BBC News announcer Simon Sampson used to work as a crime reporter so he’s used to violence. But when he stumbles across a dying woman in a dark alley, Simon finds himself swept up in a...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Historical, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: David C. Dawson, murder, mystery, Park Creek Publishing, Simon Sampson Mysteries, treason

Review: Bureau of Paranormal Affairs by Dulce Dennison

Nov 15, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology This book combines all three novellas in the Bureau of Paranormal Affairs series: Grizzly Affair, A Shifter Concern, and Their Grizzly Hero. These stories involve protective mates,...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Menage/Polyamory, Paranormal
TAGGED: bear, BIPOC, Bureau of Paranormal Affairs series, Changeling Press, Dulce Dennison, established couple, fated mates, kidnapping, law enforcement, leopard, murder, mystery, shifter, wolf

Review: Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall

Nov 10, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links: Kobo | Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Things haven’t been going well for Liza and her wife, Hanna. They have been fighting more often than not recently and their relationship has been strained. While she may have...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: Alexis Hall, BIPOC, established couple, Kobo Originals, Lesbian/FF, murder, mystery, snowed in

Review: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

Nov 3, 2021 | 5 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It is Robin Blyth’s first day on a new job, stuck in a bureaucratic position he doesn’t really understand in an out-of-the-way office. When Edwin Courcey shows up at his door,...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Historical, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Freya Marske, magic, murder, mystery, The Last Binding series, Tor Books

Review: Dead Serious by Vawn Cassidy

Nov 2, 2021 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Tristan Everett is an introvert who mostly keeps to himself. He has a relatively quiet life as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary. Tristan loves the puzzle of being a pathologist,...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed series, law enforcement, murder, mystery, self published, Vawn Cassidy