Susanna Kearsley's THE SHADOWY HORSES has all the right
elements for a great story: paranormal, history, mystery
Scotland, and none of them overpowers the other. Budding
archaeologist Verity Grey had no idea of the mystery that
awaited her when she agreed to interview for a job on
Peter
Quinnell Read more...
Charlotte Waverly wants to make more of a difference to
the
Civil war effort than knitting socks in her living room.
While her mother, sister and beau frown on her pursuits,
she trains with the Sanitary Commission—the predecessor to
the Red Cross—and puts her faith and compassionate heart Read more...
CHARLOTTE MARKHAM AND THE HOUSE OF DARKLING, Michael
Boccacino's debut novel, is a Victorian Gothic mystery that
will appeal to fans of Daphne du Maurier and the like.
Charlotte, a young widow, has come to work as governess to
the two children of Mr. Darrow, who recently lost his Read more...
A MAD, WICKED FOLLY is the title of Sharon Biggs Waller's
stellar debut novel. It
was published as a young adult tale but can definitely be
enjoyed by older adults as well. In 1909, 17-year-old
Victoria Darling is attending finishing school in France.
Her dream, however, is Read more...
In Kendall Grey's INHALE, the first in her Just
Breathe
trilogy, whale biologist Zoe Morgan has the chance to head
a tagging project in Australia and hopefully assuage the
guilt from losing a baby whale a few years ago. But a host
of things stand in her Read more...
C.S. Friedman leaves her traditional realm of dark fantasy
for a young adult novel that encompasses elements of both
fantasy and science fiction with DREAMWALKER.
Jessica Drake
has strange dreams. She shares them only with her younger
brother, Tommy, a video game fiend who uses details from
her dreams Read more...
Simon West-Bulford's debut novel, THE SOUL CONSORTIUM,
combines science fiction, thrilling action, and
historical overtones. In the far distant future, humanity
has gained immortality, making death meaningless. All of
mankind except for Salem Ben has terminated themselves
because of boredom, but Salem doesn't want to pull the Read more...
Andrew Post has penned an imaginative fantasy adventure for
young adults that brings together unexpected allies who
band together to protect themselves and the city of Geyser.
Nineteen-year-old Clyde, oddly clueless about the outside
world, sees his master, Mr. Wilkshire, slain and vows to
avenge him. Clyde is Read more...
If you thought those two names looked familiar you're
right. In THE CLOCKWORK SCARAB, the first book in her
Stoker and Holmes series, Colleen Gleason introduces the
reader to Evaline Stoker, sister to Bram and Mina Holmes,
niece to Sherlock. Stoker is also the grand-niece of
Victoria Gardella Read more...
RANGE of GHOSTS, the first in Elizabeth Bear's Eternal
Sky
duology, is fascinating on a number of levels. Firstly, her
phenomenal world-building resembles the Mongols with their
nomadic traditions and steppe horses rather than the
traditional medieval knights, swords and castles. Her
abilities to create environment Read more...
The title of DANCER, DAUGHTER, TRAITOR, SPY, Elizabeth
Kiem's debut novel, is a tribute to the legendary thriller
master, and it works well with the novel's first quarter
taking place in Moscow. The rest of the book doesn't lose
any of its Russian-ness when the action Read more...
Anna Waggener won the Scholastic Art and Writing Award in
2008 with an earlier draft of GRIM while in high school and
edited the final manuscript in college. The story can
loosely be categorized as YA paranormal fiction but not in
the traditional sense. In fact, to me it more Read more...
It doesn't take long before Maura feels at home in a small
village in County Cork, Ireland. After growing up in South
Boston without a lot of money, she was surprised when her
Gran asked her to visit Ireland with their last bit of
money. She ends up getting Read more...
I loved Viper Moon, the first book in Lee roland's Earth
Witches series, and while VENGEANCE MOON didn't quite live
up to her debut, I hope more in the series will. In this
second installment, a curse on Madeline Corso will be
lifted once she has Read more...
Martha Brockenbrough has a lot of fun with her conception
of Heaven and the afterlife in her terrifically funny
DEVINE INTERVENTION. The word "satire" leaps immediately to
mind and stays there. The book starts with examples of the
commandments in the handbook for SRPNT--the Soul Rehab
Program for Nefarious Read more...
The painting of a headless nude sells for $10 million at
auction, and Maddy Blume, an ambitious art buyer for a
hedge fund, wants to know why. Maddy's curiosity leads her
into the middle of an investigation way over her head
though, and we all know that curiosity often Read more...
In Kira Brady's debut HEARTS OF DARKNESS, the first book in
the Deadglass Trilogy, Kayla Friday went to Seattle to
claim her sister's body and find out what killed her. She
stays to try to unravel the mystery of a necklace; an
attraction to a hunky Read more...
THE MASTERMIND PLOT, the second adventure of girl sleuth
Suzanna Snow, has a solid plot and will engage the middle
grade set for which it's written. That said it doesn't
quite have the panache, depth of character, details of
setting and time of its predecessor, The Midnight Tunnel Read more...
There have been a number of "archaeological thrillers"
since The Da Vinci Code became so popular. Some of them are
definitely more interesting than others. THE TENTH SAINT by
D.J. Niko comes out ahead of the pack because of its unique
time travel angle on a prophecy, its settings Read more...
At the center of THE MULLIGANS OF MT. JEFFERSON, Don Reid's
third novel, is the friendship of Buddy, Harlan and Cal.
These three friends grew up together, causing trouble,
helping each other and earning the nickname of the Three
Mulligans from a former golfer who gave them their first Read more...
Katherine Petersen
I've loved to read ever since I was
young. I took books with me whereever
I went and still do whether it's to
read on a commute train, waiting for a
doctor's appointment or in a long line
at the bank. I love many genres
including mysteries and thrillers,
fantasy and science fiction, romance,
historical fiction and mainstream
titles. I have a journalism and public
relations background and currently
live in northern California with my six-
year-old yellow lab, Oreo.
At the risk of sounding like everyone else, I do treat myself to quite a few books, much easier now that I've found a job, and sometimes it's just a nice long run with my yellow lab.
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