Author: David Terruso Release Date: 7th January, 2015 Series: Stand Alone Genre: Mystery | Fiction | Dark Comedy Edition: Kindle Pages: 307 Publisher: Full Fathom Five Digital Source: NetGalley
Tag: Murder
Book Review: The Lupane Legacy (Joshua Denham and Devon Kerr #1)
Author: Darby G. Holladay Release Date: September 1, 2014 Series: A Joshua Denham and Devon Kerr Genre: Thriller | Mystery | Fiction | Political Edition: mobi Pages: 3441 (kindle) Publisher: Manor Minor Press Source: NetGalley
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Book Review: Exotica (Nightshade cases, Ep-2)
Genre: Crime | Paranormal | Thriller | Episodes
My Rating: 5+1/2 out of 6
Read my review of Exotica at JC’s Book Haven.
You can also read this review at Goodreads.
Blurb:
Bodies wash up on the Silver City beach all the time, but this one is different. Detective Geraldine Meyers is hot on the case, with help from medical examiner Dr. Rachel Hunter and anthropologist Dr. Kinsey DanAllart, uncovering the truth behind deaths at a popular new nightclub. Will they deduce a logical explanation for the murders? Or will the three friends uncover a deeper conspiracy hiding the truth about what’s stalking their city’s streets?
Welcome to The Nightshade Cases, a series of twenty-one episodes in twenty-one weeks. Please note: this episodic series is based on the television show model, with screenwriting notations and shorter formats. There will be a complete mystery each week, with cliffhangers only occurring in the full season story line.
Book Review: Tomorrow Wendell
Author: R. M. Ridley Release Date: June 28, 2014 Series: None Genre: Science-Fiction | Paranormal Thriller | Crime Edition: e-book (epub) Pages: 232 Publisher: Xchyler Publishing Interest: Requested by author Source: Author (Thanks, Mr. Ridley!) To but Tomorrow Wendell click here.
Blurb
When predictions tell Wendell Courtney he’s going to die, he turns to the one man he hopes can help. Jonathan Alvey’s no stranger to the strange. But, unlike the private investigator’s run-of-the-mill zombie cases, he can find no trace of magic around Wendell, and no hint of an adversary. Alvey certainly has magic and wits enough to solve the mystery, but is his offering to the insatiable dragon black sufficient? Or is Wendell truly destined to die?
Book Review: Lord Edgware Dies
Author: Agatha Christie Release Date: 19 September’ 1933 Series: Hercule Poirot Genre: Mystery | Crime Pages: 351 ISBN NO.: 978-0-00-728248-7 Publisher: Harper Collins Preceded by: Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot #8) Followed by: Murder On The Orient Express (Hercule Poirot #10)
Book Review: Memories Of Midnight
Author: Sidney Sheldon Release Date: 1990 Genre: Thriller | Mystery | Suspense Pages: 291 ISBN NO.: 978-81-7223-489-8 Publisher: Harper Collins Preceded By: The Other Side Of Midnight
Movie Review: The Ring Two
Directed By: Hideo Nakata
Starring: Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman, Elizabeth Perkins, Gary Cole, Sissy Spacek, Ryan Merriman and Emily VanCamp.
Release Date: March 18, 2005
Running Time: 117 minutes
Language: English
Book Review: The Lost Symbol
Author: Dan Brown Release Date: September 15, 2009 Series: Robert Langdon #3 Genre: Mystery, Fact fiction, Crime, Thriller Pages: 509 ISBN NO.: 9780593054277 Publisher: Bantam Press Preceded By: The Da Vinci Code Followed By: Inferno
Book Review: The Body In The Library (Miss Marple #3)
Author: Agatha Christie Release Date: February 194 Series: Miss Marple Genre: Mystery Pages: 272 ISBN NO.: 978-0-00-729321-6 Publisher: Harper Collins Preceded by: The Thirteen problems (Miss Marple #2) Followed by: The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #4)
Blurb
When the Bantrys wake to find the body of a beautiful, young stranger in their library. Dolly Bantry knows there’s only one person to call: her old friend Miss Marple.
Who was the young girl? What was she doing in the library? And is there a connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are discovered in an abandoned quarry?
Miss Marple must solve the mystery, before tongues start to wag, and the murderer strikes again.
Review
After reading 4:50 from Paddington, I was expecting much more from this one, but unfortunately it’s not as good as other Christie’s books. It was a quick read and I guess that was the only good thing about it. As I’m planning to read all the books in Miss Marple series, I really hope that the rest of the books are better than this one.
Personally I won’t recommend it to anyone. This book is definitely not for me!
You can read this review at Goodreads.Other Stuff
Opening Line: Mrs. Bantry was dreaming.
Highlights: It was a quick read.
Low-lights: The story itself!
Memorable Paragraph: None.
Final Thoughts: Not for me!
Book Review: The Woods
Author: Harlan Coben Release Date: 2007 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Pages: 442 ISBN NO.: 978-0-7528-8190-4 Publisher: Orion Books
And Then There Were None
Author: Agatha Christie Release Date: 6 November' 1939 Genre: Mystery Pages: 317 ISBN NO.: 978-0-00-728231-9 Publisher: Harper Collins
Summary
Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to a lonely mansion on Indian Island by a host who fails to appear but leaves a recording accusing all of undetected murder. Cut off by his orders, one by one each die according to a nursery rhyme Ten Little Indians. A confession in a bottle solves how nobody remains alive.
Review
Personally, I loved the book! It was simple and mysterious. Kept me guessing all the time, but somehow if you use your brains in the first few pages you’ll recognise the killer easy enough (I did), but what blows the mind is that, the person you guessed as the killer gets murdered quite soon!
That’s the real catching point for me because in the end its revealed that he was’t dead at that time and was the last one to die.
I liked the fact that Mr. Wargrave’s killing spree was triggered by the fact that there are various situations where the suspect gets away very easily even after being guilty.
I loved it and will suggest it to those who love mysteries and also to those who like short books that can be read in a day or two.
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Other Stuff
Opening Page: Ten Little Soldier Boys’ Poem.
Highlights: Undoubtedly, the suspense!
Low-lights: 2-3 points were left unexplained.
Memorable Paragraph: The Poem itself!
Final Thoughts: A good and light read.
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