Well, this is awkward. I bought this book after a couple rave reviews here on CBR. As with many of my CBR reads, it’s a bit outside my usual repetoire. This is my first CBR DNF. I’m not even sure if that’s CBR legal. Can I review if I didn’t finish? I’m going with the “ask for forgiveness, not permission” route. For a while I was attending an ARC book club at the local bookstore. Each member registers and gets to borrow an Advanced Reader […]
“Not right now. I’m not wearing my stabby clothes.”
You ever have one of those days when you find bits of a corpse, but it doesn’t belong to any of the zombies? Foxtrot has and it’s not even the weirdest part of her day. Actually, it’s just another day working at her boss ZZ’s mansion, where there are always guests (who are often weird), zoo animals to take care of (yes, ZZ has a zoo on her estate) and a spiritual Crossroads to maintain. The zombies aren’t real (they’re part of a film set), […]
Julia the jerk
Have you ever read a book that is part of a series and wonder where you went wrong? Do you question if you were high when you started the series and are only just now seeing things clearly? That’s where I’m at with this fourth book in the Maine Clambake Mystery series. I’m wondering if there was something wrong with me during the first three books or if there’s something wrong with me now. Let’s discuss. Your main character is Julia Snowden. Julia is living […]
Not so hidden flame
Inspector David Graham has moved to the island of Jersey (UK, not New Jersey) for the peace, quiet and laid-back life that I guess Jersey is known for. Unfortunately, a murder happens almost as soon as he arrives, so he has to go straight to work with his ragtag group of officers (the drunk, the wannabe super detective and the lonely woman officer who thinks her new boss might be quite a catch). Witnesses are interviewed, motives are sussed out and the case is solved […]