Reading is for fun
Several books that were not so good this month … and one blindingly good one (at the bottom of the page) The Case of the Nudist Numismatist by Jack Dearborn (author), Ellen Dearborn (editor) Another case for American detective Miles Grant, this time he has to solve the disappearance of a very valuable coin. The…
Reviews July August Giant Problems, Naked Crow 8 PZ Walker P Z Walker’s Naked Crow, Sheila, and her friends (Jeremy, Josey, Wendy & Mike) are faced with a ‘giant’ problem at the Mighty Oaks Resort. All while caring for a group of young, native American artists.Meanwhile, Owners Vinnie and Alice have their own problems to…
Farewell To Summer (New Albion Book 3) by Wallace Greensage (author) This is Wallace Greensage’s 3rd New Albion book. I don’t say ‘story’ because it is lots of stories about lots of characters all cleverly woven together. New Albion is an imaginary country in the mid-Atlantic. A bit like Britain towed south by a thousand…
Rue Allyn The story starts with an annual challenge between two very successful and wealthy young men. The company they run selects its’ CEO on the basis of this challenge from the current junior to the existing post holder. This year Adam is challenged to survive without access to his money and business connection for…
It has been a busy old month. I have been doing some beta reading for a couple of people as a result I have not had a lot of time for reading published books Hope for the Best (Chronicles of St. Mary’s Book 10) Jodi Taylor Another outing for Max the Historian from St Mary’s….
An eclectic bunch of books caught my eye this April. Here we go Refusal Felix Francis In the past, I have read most of the genuine Dick Francis books. The Sid Halley stories being in among the best of them. I was tempted into this one by while doing some research for a story. Sadly,…
A new short story, Flash Fiction. I was responding to a Twitter post about characters leading a story away from the original plot line and set out a flash fiction outline by way of an example. Example 3 people in a lift. They have never met before today. they arrived for a job interview that…
. . The Cheater’s Game (Glass and Steele Book 7) The Ink Master’s Silence (Gass and Steele Book 6) The Convent’s Secret (Glass and Steele Book 5) The Magician’s Diary (Glass and Steele Book 4) C.J. Archer I have been binge reading again this time the very absorbing Glass and Steele books by CJ…
The Summer of 71 is my new book …. “A well-crafted plot and snappy dialogue.” says the author of The Girl in the Baker’s Van Richard Savin Available for Kindle from 29th March 2019 http://mybook.to/Summer71 Just look at the early reviews ….
The Haunting of the Harlequin Goat: Revenge with a supernatural twist Richard Savin Psychologist Lydia Kroll gets a new patient … and ends up investigating a haunting that involves a goat, a scarecrow and a dancer. Tension abounds from the opening line, “The last of the light was fading.” The story takes the reader from…