reviews

Murder Most Funny?? Author: Tim Dorsey Settling in over summer in Florida, enjoying my week away from work and on the Florida beach, I was in the mood for something Carl Hiaasen-like, something with the quirky Florida verve that matched the shifting sands and sweltering sun. I ran into Tiger Shrimp Tango at a local bookstore. Its lime green cover complimented by an angry shrimp and promises of hilarity seemed just right. The story, which is actually book 17 in an ongoing series, follows the exploits of a darkly comical serial killer and his forever stoned sidekick as they, Dexter style, target the bad [...]

Pass This One By In Silence Author: Alex North Promising to combine grisly crime, mystery and thriller into one, The Whisper Man follows the story of recently widowed Tom Kennedy and his young son, Jack. Tom and Jack don’t understand one another and although there is love, there is also enmity. The fact that Jack found his mother, dead at the foot of the stairs in their house has left him even more disturbed and harder to reach. Seeking to cleanse the memories of a once happy house now transformed by death, Tom uproots everything to move himself and his son to the quaint [...]

Old Mansions, Dying Wishes, and Family Secrets Author: Carolyn Keene In Nancy’s ninth adventure, a chance encounter at an old inn unveils family secrets that may end Nancy’s friendship with Bess and George. When a storm and downed trees lead the girls to an inn adorned with twisted candles the girls discover Asa Sidney, Bess and George’s wealthy yet reclusive great-granduncle, essentially imprisoned in the turret. As Nancy pursues Asa’s seeming misery, she meets Carol Wipple, the sixteen year old foster daughter of the caretakers who imprison Asa and try to discourage the girls from visiting him so ruthlessly. Impelled by [...]