Review of Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (2004) by J.A. Konrath (Jack Daniels Mysteries #1)
Bottom line: Definitely worth a read for hard boiled fans who don’t mind a little cliché and dose of humor in their gruesome detective stories. Rating: Recommended Blurb: Lieutenant Jacqueline ‘Jack’ Daniels is having a bad week. Her live-in boyfriend has left her for his personal trainer, chronic insomnia has caused her to max out […]
Review of The Alphabet Mysteries Series by Sue Grafton
Bottom line: A great example of the hard boiled genre, featuring a strong female P.I. Rating: Recommended Blurb for First Book: A is for Alibi (1982) A IS FOR AVENGER A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. A twice-divorced […]
Three Free Kindle E-Book Mysteries
One of the reasons that I haven’t posted anything in a while is because I’ve been busy chugging though several free mysteries that I had dumped on my Kindle, hoping to find a gem. And of course, by the time I found one I liked, a couple of the ones I was going to mention […]
Review of Murder in the Marais: An Aimeé Leduc Investigation, Vol. 1 by Cara Black (1998)
Bottom line: There were elements that I didn’t think were done as well as they could have been, but still an entertaining ride for the most part. Rating: Recommended if: You’re interested in a mystery series set in Paris, are looking for a new series to get behind, or you can get it for free […]